James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
JURGEN: A Comedy of Justice
Hall Code |
Description |
*Jur-F4 (ML) |
Fourth Modern Library Edition [Spring 1940] |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto type H: JURGEN | [in italic] A Comedy of Justice | BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] with an introduction by THE AUTHOR | [left column] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [right column] Kent torchbearer device facing left [rule] (see image above).
Title page verso: COPYRIGHT 1919, BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934 | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [all enclosed in single rule box topped with house image] [in italic] Random House IS THE PUBLISHER OF | THE MODERN LIBRARY | BENNET A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER · ROBERT K. HAAS | Manufactured in the United States of America | Printed by the Parkway Printing Company Paper by Richard Bauer & Co. | Bound by H. Wolff (see image above).
Publication:
This printing can be dated to Spring 1940 by the catalog at rear, printed contiguously with the text, which includes Troilus and Cressida, by Geoffrey Chaucer, but not Complete Essays, by R. W. Emerson (see image above).
Collation:
Duodecimo [18.2 cm. (7 1/8-inches) x 12.7 cm. (5-inches)]. [i] half-title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] copyright; [v] dedication; [vi] quotes; v-xi Introduction; [xii] blank; [xiii-xiv] Contents; [xv] [rule] | A FOREWARD | [in italic] "Nescio quid certè est: et Hylax in limine latrat." | [rule]; [xvi] blank; [xvii-xxii] A Foreward; [xxiii] [rule | JURGEN | [in italic] ... amara lento temperet risu | [rule]; [xxiv] blank; 9-368 text; [369-373] catalog; [374] blank.
Binding:
Blumenthal (Toledano Style 8) binding in green. Spine all in gilt: Kent Torchbearer facing right | [all enclosed in gilt box with red field] JURGEN | BY | James | Branch | Cabell | [device] | MODERN | LIBRARY. Front in gilt: [enclosed in single ruled box: [enclosed in gilt box with red field] JURGEN | CABELL | Kent Torchbearer device facing left (see image above).
Blumenthal bindings were issued in various colors, but only one color of binding was used for each printing. For some titles, later printings are known to have been issued in bindings of different colors, but this has not been reported for Jurgen.
Dedication:
TO | BURTON RASCOE | [in italic] [acrostic verse in three quatrains] (see image above).
Endpapers:
Kent design endpapers (in grey) as used on Modern Library titles 1929-1967 (see image above).
Dust jacket:
Style T typographical dust jacket, light blue and white, with Style g rear panel. This jacket can be dated to Spring 1941 by the catalog on the inside (includes The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo, but not My War with the United States, by Ludwig Bemelmans) (see image above).
Dust Jacket Outside:
Spine: [full blue background] [all lettering in black] JAMES | BRANCH | CABELL | Kent Torchbearer device in white | [lettered vertically down, enclosed in a white ruled rectangle] JURGEN | 15 | MODERN | LIBRARY.
Front Panel: [full blue background] [all lettering in black] JURGEN | [pictorial script] A Comedy of Justice by | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [left column] THE MODERN LIBRARY [right column] Kent Torchbearer device in white, facing right.
Rear Panel: [wide blue band] [upper left, white text in blue box] "THE GREATEST | BOOK | BARGAIN | in America today." N.Y. Times [upper right] [pictorial script] Because [10 lines advertising text] | MODERN LIBRARY | [lower left] [all enclosd in dotted line box] [15 line order form] [lower right] BOOKS | are INEXPENSIVE | COMPACT | AUTHORITATIVE | [white text in blue circle] OVER | 250 | Great titles to | choose from | 95¢ | each | Modern Library GIANTS | $1.25 each | Use the coupon | [wide blue band].
Front Flap: [wide blue band] | MODERN LIBRARY BOOKS | 95 CENTS A COPY | The success of this book in more expensive editions | has paid for the plate investment and makes pos- | sible the Modern Library edition at this low price.| [narrow blue band] | JURGEN | [in italic] By James Branch Cabell | 17 lines of advertising material | [device of four stars | 3 lines of advertising material | [in italic] (continued on last flap) | [narrow blue band] | [in italic] Look inside jacket [arrow device] | [wide blue band].
Rear Flap: [wide blue band] | ON THE INSIDE OF THIS JACKET IS A LIST, | ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHORS, OF | ALL THE TITLES IN THE MODERN LIBRARY | IT IS WORTHY OF YOUR ATTENTION| [narrow blue band] | [in italic] (continued from first flap) | 26 lines of advertising material |[narrow blue band] |[arrow device] [in italic] Look inside jacket | [wide blue band].
Dust Jacket Inside:
WHICH OF THESE 271 OUTSTANDING BOOKS DO YOU WANT TO READ? | [triple rule] | [vertically up the left side of the page The Convenient Coupon on The Other Side Brings You | Your Choice of These Books | [a vertical line] | 6 column listing of titles in The Modern Library; central 2 columns are bisected by a single rule, with listing of 56 Modern Library Giant titles below | [a vertical line] [vertically down the right side of the page] This is a Complete List of Modern Library Books (see image above).
Notes:
For an explanation of the terms used on this page that are specific to The Modern Library, see the Cabell in The Modern Library page.
