James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
THE WHITE ROBE: A Saint's Summary
Hall Code |
Description |
WR-A1 |
First Printing 1928 |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: [all enclosed in a border consisting of columned arch] [lettered in black with initials in red] THE | WHITE ROBE | [in black] A SAINT'S SUMMARY | BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY | ROBERT E. LOCHER | [in red italic] "Righteousness shall be the girdle of his | loins, and faithfulness the girdle | of his reins; and the wolf | shall dwell with the | lamb." | [enclosed within lower portion of the arched border] ROBERT M. MCBRIDE | & COMPANY • [in italic] New York (see image above).
Title page verso: COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL | PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (see image above).
Publication:
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., October, 1928 (Brussel says the actual issue date was November 28, 1928).
Collation:
Quarto [30.6 cm. (12 1/16 in.) x 18.4 cm. (7¼ in.)]. All pages are unnumbered and include catchwords on text pages. Pp. (x) + (86). (i) half-title; (ii) limitation; (iii) title page; (iv) publication data; (v) dedication (verso blank); (vii) Contents (verso blank); (ix) list of Illustrations; (x) Note; (1)-(83) text (verso blank); (85) manufacturer's Note (verso blank). Pages (2), (6), (8), (10), (14), (16), (18), (22), (26), (30), (32), (34), (40), (44), (46), (50), (52), (54), (60), (62), (66), (72), (74), and (82) are blank. Pages (1), (9), (17), (25), (33), (39), (45), (53), (61), and (73) are fly-titles.
Binding:
Quarter bound in brown leather over beveled paper boards, which are covered in wood grained paper to simulate a medieval leather and oaken binding, gilt lettering on spine. All edges untrimmed. Spine: [in italic] THE WHITE ROBE [ lettered vertically up the spine] (see image above).
The leather used on this binding is very soft, scuffs and peels easily, and often has not worn well over the years.
Limitation:
Of this volume, The White Robe, | 3290 copies have been printed from type | in October, 1928, of which 3250 are | for sale, and the type has been destroyed (see image above).
Dedication:
[in italic] For |FRANCES NEWMAN | [in italic] — inevitably — this story of dead | lovers that were | faithful (see image above).
Dust jacket / Slipcase:
Issued in a fragile, unmarked glassine tissue dust jacket (not shown).
Slipcase is sturdy cardboard, covered on all sides with oak grained paper (see images above).
Notes:
Limited to 3290 copies, of which 3250 were for sale. The copies were unnumbered.
