Cabell's Contributions to Books
JAMES BRANCH CABELL, by Carl Van Doren
Hall Code |
Description |
Cabell Contribution(s) |
*A11f (E7) |
First English Printing 1926 |
A Map of Poictesme |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: JAMES BRANCH | CABELL | [in italic] By | CARL VAN DOREN | LONDON | JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD. (see image above).
Title page verso: [in italic] First Published in 1926 | PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (see image above).
Publication:
London: John Lane The Bodley Head; 1926
Collation:
Large duodecimo [19.6 cm. (7¾-in.) x 13.4 cm. ( 5¼-in.)]; vi + 88 + 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements, + 2 blank leaves; (i) half-title; (ii) List of Books; (iii) title page; (iv) publication data; (v) CONTENTS (verso blank); 1-83 text (verso blank); 85-87 THE BOOKS OF JAMES BRANCH CABELL (verso blank), 4 pages of advertisements, two blank leaves
Binding:
Black cloth; copper text on spine and front cover; top edge trimmed else untrimmed. Spine: [in italic] JAMES | BRANCH | CABELL | [rule] | CARL | VAN DOREN | The | Bodley Head. Front cover: [flush right, in italic] JAMES BRANCH CABELL | CARL VAN DOREN (see image above).
Dust jacket:
Red paper, lettering in black (see image above).
Spine:[in italic] JAMES | BRANCH | CABELL | [rule] | CARL | VAN DOREN | 6/- | NET | THE | BODLEY HEAD
Front panel: JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] By CARL VAN DOREN | [8-line blurb] | SIX SHILLINGS NET.
Rear panel: [all enclosed in a single ruled box] BOOKS BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | [list of five tiels, each with short blurb] | [rule] | JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD. | VIGO STREET, W.1
Front flap: [all enclosed in a single ruled box] Figures of Earth | [in italic] A Comedy of Appearances | By JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [5-line blurb followed by 5 extracts from reviews] | [rule] | JOHN LANE | THE BODLEY HEAD LTD.
Rear flap: [all enclosed in a single ruled box] The | Silver Stallion | [in italic] A Novel | By JAMES BRANCH CABELL | Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. net | [4-line blurb] | [rule] | Beyond Life | [in italic] A Book of Essays | By JAMES BRANCH CABELL | Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. net | [5-line extract from a review] | JOHN LANE | THE BODLEY HEAD LTD.
Notes:
This English edition, not listed in Hall, was printed from imported sheets. It appears to be textually identical to the 1925 American printings, and differs only in the additional John Lane advertising material.
