James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
FROM THE HIDDEN WAY: Being Seventy-Five Adaptations in Verse
Hall Code |
Description |
FHW-A1b |
First Printing, Third State 1916 [1920] |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: FROM THE | HIDDEN WAY | BEING SEVENTY-FIVE | ADAPTATIONS IN VERSE | BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [double rule] | [in italic] "Tell me now in what hidden way | is Lady Flora, the lovely Roman? | Where's Hipparchia? Where is Thais?" | [double rule] | NEW YORK | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. | 1916 (see image above).
Title page verso: Copyright, 1916, | BY ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. (see image above).
Publication:
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1916 (1920 according to Guy Holt).
Collation:
Crown octavo [19.7 cm. (7 ¾ in.) x 13.3 cm. (5 ¼ in.)]; pp. x + 190; (i) blank; (ii) Books by Mr. Cabell; (1) title page; (2) publication data; (3) dedication (verso blank); (5-8) Contents; 9-187 text; (188-190) blank; pp. (9), (19), (59), (91), (117), and (151) are fly-titles; pp. (10), (18), (20), (60), (92), (118), and (152) are blank.
Binding:
Red-brown cloth; gilt lettering and decorations; top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. Spine: FROM | THE | HIDDEN | WAY | [rule] | CABELL | McBRIDE. Front cover: FROM THE | HIDDEN | WAY [decoration] | JAMES | BRANCH | CABELL (see image above).
Dedication:
TO | BEVERLY BLAND MUNFORD | (31 May 1910) | dedicatory sonnet (see image above).
Dust jacket:
Not seen, but see the dust jacket discussion on the From the Hidden Way home page, and also the dust jacket for the sixth state binding, *FHW-A1e (K).
Notes:
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