Full Title:

Title page recto: [in italic] STRAWS AND | PRAYER-BOOKS | Dizain des Diversions | By | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | [in italic] "Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, | Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. . . . | Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, | And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age." | [rule] ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | NEW YORK : : : : : : 1924 (see image above).

Title page verso: Copyright, 1924, by | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] Printed in the | United States of America | Third Edition | [rule] | Published, 1924 (see image above).

Publication:

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. , 1924

Collation:

Crown octavo [19.2 cm. (7 9/16 in.) x 12.7 cm. (5 in.)]. Pp. viii+304; (i) b half-title; (ii) BOOKS by MR. CABELL; (iii) title page; (iv) publication data; (v) dedication (verso blank); (vii) Contents (verso blank); (1) fly-title; (2) apocryphal quote regarding the Book of Laws; 3-302 text; last leaf blank. Pp. (1), (23), (47), (77), (121), (137), (169), (191), (223), (237), (265), and (283) are fly-titles; pp. (22), (46), (120), (168), (222), and (236) are blank.

Binding:

Kalki binding: Brick-red cloth; gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. Spine: STRAWS | AND | PRAYER- | BOOKS | [rule] | CABELL | McBRIDE. Front cover: [Kalki device at lower right] (see image above).

Dedication:

To | BALLARD HARTWELL CABELL | [in italic] is dedicated whatever may be of worth in this | volume, or elsewhere in the Biography. (see image above)