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Books About James Branch Cabell

THE ART OF JAMES BRANCH CABELL, by Hugh Walpole

Hall Codes
Description
E3a (C1, F7)
First Printing, Second State 1920

IMAGES

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COMPILATION

Full Title:

Title page recto: [all enclosed in a double ruled box] THE ART OF | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] By | HUGH WALPOLE | WITH AN APPENDIX OF INDIVIDUAL | COMMENT UPON THE CABELL BOOKS | [McBride Liberty Bell device] | NEW YORK | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. | 1920 (see image above).

Title page verso: [all enclosed in a single ruled box] | BOOKS BY MR. CABELL | [list of 13 books by Mr. Cabell] | [rubber stamped at base of page] Copyright 1920, The Yale Review. (see image above).

Publication:

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1920

Collation:

Thin large duodecimo [18.8 cm. (7½ in.) x 12.7 cm. (5 in.)]; Pp. ii + 34; (i) blank; (ii) frontispiece; (1) title page; (2) BOOKS BY MR. CABELL; 3-16 text; 17 fly-title, Books by Mr. Cabell; 18-32 excerpts from reviews of Mr. Cabell's books; (33) THE TOYMAKER (12 line poem in three unequal stanzas) (verso blank).

Wraps:

Brown paper wraps; dark brown lettering and decorations on front cover; all edges trimmed; single gather staple-bound. Front cover: THE ART | of | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | By | Hugh Walpole | [Kalki device in lower right corner] (see image above).

Frontispiece:

Photograph of Mr. Cabell (see image above).

Notes:

Second state copies of this printing have the copyright notice rubber stamped at the base of the title page verso, but are otherwise identical to the first state.