James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
THE RIVET IN GRANDFATHER'S NECK: A Comedy of Limitations
Hall Code |
Description |
Riv-C1 (E) |
Third English Printing 1924 |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: THE RIVET | IN GRANDFATHER'S | NECK | A Comedy of Limitations | BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] To this new South, who values her high | past, in chief, as fit foundation of that edifice | whereon she labours day by day, and with | augmenting strokes." | LONDON | JOHN LANE THE BODLET HEAD LIMITED (see image above).
Title page verso: COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | [in italic] First Published in 1924 | Made and Printed in Great Britain. R. Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay. (see image above).
Publication:
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1924
Collation:
Crown octavo [19.5 cm. (7 11/16 in.) x 14 cm. (5½ in.)]; Pp. 368; (1) half-title; (2) BY THE SAME AUTHOR; (3) title page; (4) publication data; (5) dedication (verso blank); (7) CONTENTS (verso blank); (9) quotation (verso blank); (11) fly-title; (12) quotation; 13-368 text. Pages (11), (45), (79), (115), (163), (191), (241), (273), (319), and (353) are fly-titles. Pages (6), (8), (10), (78), (114), (240), (272) and are blank.
Binding:
Green cloth, green lettering and decorations on spine and front cover; top edge trimmed and stained green, else untrimmed. Spine:[triple decorated rule on green field] THE RIVET | IN | GRANDFATHER'S | NECK | JAMES | BRANCH |CABELL | [triple decorated rule on green field]. Front cover: [all within triple decorated ruled boxes on green field] THE RIVET IN | GRANDFATHER'S NECK | JAMES | BRANCH CABELL (see image above).
Dedication:
TO | PRISCILLA BRADLEY CABELL | [14 line dedicatory verse in two stanzas] (see image above).
Dust jacket:
White paper, lettering in blue and black, color illustration by Frank C. Pápe on front panel (see image above).
Spine: [in blue] THE RIVET | IN | GRANDFATHER'S | NECK | JAMES | BRANCH |CABELL | Author of | "JURGEN," etc. | 7/6 | NET | THE | BODLEY | HEAD
Front panel: [in black] The RIVET in | GRANDFATHER'S | NECK | [color illustration by Frank C. Pápe] [within illustration] JAMES BRANCH | CABELL
Rear panel: [all enclosed in single ruled box] From The Bodley Head List | [list of titles, by author, in two columns separated by a vertical rule] | John Lane The Bodley Head Lrd., Vigo St., W. 1
Front flap: [all enclosed in single ruled box] [in italic] By the same Author | [rule] | list of 4 titles by Mr. Cbell, followed by excerpts from three reviews | [rule] | JOHN LANE | The Bodley Head Ltd.
Rear flap: [all enclosed in single ruled box] [advertisement for the works of Anatole France published by John Lane] | [rule] JOHN LANE | The Bodley Head Ltd.
"Propinquity" is an excerpt from The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck that was published in the December, 1924, issue of The Bodleian, the house organ of publishers John Lane The Bodley Head. We found it interesting enough to reprint it here. As usual, you'll need to use your browser's back button to return to The Silver Stallion after accessing this document.
