Full Title:

Title page recto: An Essay in Interpretation | By | James Branch Cabell | [in italic] "And we dreamed a dream one night, I and he; we dreamed | each man according to the interpretation of his dream." | [device in red] | CHICAGO | THE BOOKFELLOWS | 1921 (see image above).

Title page verso: [in italic] One thousand small paper and ninety-nine tall paper copies of this | monograph have been printed for THE BOOKFELLOWS in August, 1921. | The edition is the first; Mr. Cabell the author is BOOKFELLOW No. 513 | and Mr. Brewer the printer is BOOKFELLOW No. 14. | Copyright 1921 by | James Branch Cabell (see image above).

Publication:

Chicago; October, 1921 (per Brussel).

Collation:

Thin octavo [ 24.1 cm. (9½ in.) x 16.5 cm. (6½ in.)]; pp. 28 (first 6 unnumbered); P. (1) half title (verso blank); (3) title page; (4) publication data; (5) dedication (verso blank); 7-27 text; (28) blank.

Binding:

Buff paper boards, spine blank, black lettering on front; top edge trimmed, otherwise untrimmed. Front cover: JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER | [rule] | CABELL (see image above).

Dedication:

To | JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER | With friendship and large admiration | as goes the past, and with | cordial faith in what | is to come. (see image above).

Notes:

As noted by previous bibliographers, the large paper issue is actually a second printing. This is demonstrated on page 25. In the small paper copies, line seventeen reads: "one already to invest blind. Faith in what is to come very soon,".

In the large paper copies, the line has been reset to read: "one already to invest blind faith in what is to come very soon,".

This correction can be seen in the comparison at left, but it's worth noting that the second error on the page, "Cythera" for "Cytherea", was not corrected.