James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
JURGEN: A Comedy of Justice
Hall Code |
Description |
Jur-Du-1 |
Dutch Translation 1928
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COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: JURGEN | Een Historie van Gerechtigheid | DOOR | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | VERTALING VAN J. A. SANDFORT | [publisher's device] | BIJ A. G. SCHOONDERBEEK - LAREN (GOOILAND) (see image above).
Title page verso: blank
Publication:
Laran, The Netherlands: A. G. Schooncerbeek, n.d. (1928)
Collation:
xx
Binding:
Buff cloth, red and black lettering and decorations on front cover and spine. Spine: [in red] JURGEN | DOOR | JAMES | BRANCH | CABELL | [in black] A.G.SCHOONDERBEEK. Front cover: [in red] JURGEN | [illustration of a crucified toad in black, signed "Briede" (see image above).
Dedication:
Jurgen was dedicated to Burton Rascoe, but the dedication was omitted in this edition.
Endpapers:
Plain black paper (see image above).
Dust jacket:
Buff paper, printed on spine and front panel only (see image above).
Spine: [rule] | DE HOOGE | HISTORIE | VAN | JURGEN | [device] | [lettered down] SCHOONDERBEEK | [rule] | LAREN.
Front panel: [in red] De Hooge Historie |van Jurgen | [in black, bounded on left by double rule in red] [23 line synopsis in five paragraphs] | BIJ A. G. SCHOONDERBEEK - LAREN
Rear panel & flaps: blank
Notes:
The example shown here was Mr. Cabell's personal copy, which he signed in the title page. It resides in the Cabell Room at the James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University. The scans were provided to The Silver Stallion by Ray Bonis, Senior Research Associate, Special Collections and Archives.
