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ON STRANGE ALTARS: A Book of Enthusiasms
by PAUL JORDAN-SMITH

Brewer Code
Description
A111
First Printing 1924

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COMPILATION

Full Title:

Title page recto: On Strange Altars | A Book of Enthusiasms | [in italic] By | Paul Jordan-Smith | [publisher's device] | New York | Albert & Charles Boni | 1924 (see image above).

Title page verso: Copyright, 1924 | BY ALBERT & CHARLES BONI | PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (see image above).

Publication:

New York: Albert & Charles Boni; 1924

Collation:

Crown octavo [19.3 cm. (7⅝-in.) x 13.4 cm. (5¼-in.)]; 294 + 1 blank leaf. (1) half-title; (2) books by Jordan-Smith; (3) title page; (4) publication data; (5) dedication (verso blank); (7) TABLE OF CONTENTS (verso blank); (9) fly-title (verso blank); 11-13 INTRODUCTORY WARNING; 14-293 text (verso blank); 1 blank leaf.

Binding:

Blanck type "B" green flat woven cloth; gilt lettering on spine; top edge trimmed. Spine: ON | STRANGE | ALTARS | BY | JORDAN-SMITH | A·C·&·BONI (see image above).

Dedication:

TO | W. E. S. AND B. B. S. | WITHOUT WHOSE SYMPATHETIC ASSISTANCE | THE DOING OF THIS BOOK WOULD HAVE BEEN | IMPOSSIBLE. (see image above).

Dust jacket:

Grey paper; green lettering and decorations (see image above).

Spine: [double rule] ON | STRANGE | ALTARS | PAUL | JORDAN-SMITH | A. & C. BONI | [double rule]

Front panel: [all enclosed in a double ruled box and all bounded by a single rule on left and right inside the box] On Strange Altars | [in ital ic] By PAUL JORDAN SMITH | [in italic] Author of "Cables of Cobweb" | [8-line author's blurb] | [in italic] Appreciations of: | [list of 14 authors and subjects in two columns] | [rule] | ALBERT & CHARLES BONI

Rear panel: [all enclosed in a double ruled box] La Bas | [in italic] By JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS | [excerpts from three reviews] | [flush right] $2.50 Net

Front flap: ON STRANGE ALTARS | [flush right] $2.00 net | in italic] From the Boni List | [list of twenty-two titles]

Rear flap: ART PORTFOLIOS | [double rule] | LIVING ART | [5-line blurb and price] | [rule] | FACSIMILES | [list of four titles, each priced] | [rule] [list of 5 titles, each priced]

Notes:

See the notes on the index page for On Strange Altars for details of the differences between the first and second printings.