The Silver Stallion

Cabell's Contributions to Books

JAMESTOWN TRIBUTES AND TOASTS, edited by Julia Wyatt Bullard

Hall Code
Description
Cabell Contribution(s)
A2
First Printing
The New Virginia

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COMPILATION

Full Title:

Title page recto: [all enclosed in a double rule] [in italic] Jamestown Tributes | and Toasts | [double rule] JULIA WYATT BULLARD | [device] | [in italic] Illustrated by Bessie Thorpe Lyle | [double rule] "I wish we were all more thorough | students of the mighty past, for | we should be rendered braver | prophets for the future and more | cheerful workers for the present." | [flush right, in italic] — Frances E. Willard (see image above).

Title page verso: Copyright, 1907, | BY | JULIA WYATT BULLARD | J. P. BELL COMPANY | Printers | LYNCHBURG, VA. (see image above).

Publication:

Lynchburg, Va.: J. P. Bell Co.; 1907

Collation:

Crown octavo [20.2 cm (7⅞-in.) x 14.2 cm (5⅝-in.), ii + 196 + 2 blank leaves. Page (i) blank; (ii) frontispiece; (1) title page; (2) publication data; (3) dedication (verso blank); p. 5 12-line verse by Julia Wyatt Bullard; p. 6 Illustrations; 7-10 Contents; 11-196 text; 2 blank leaves.

Binding:

White pebbled cloth, gilt lettering and decorations on front cover, spine blank; top edge trimmed. Front cover: JAMESTOWN |TRIBUTES [in italic] and TOASTS | JULIA • WYATT • BULLARD | [device] | 1607 1907 | [device of the seals of the original 13 states. Virginia centered] (see image above).

Frontispiece:

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (see image above).

Dedication:

TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT | [rule] | A VIVID figure standing out in as bold | relief against the background of Ameri- | can life to-day as did that of Captain | John Smith in the affairs of the infant | nation at Jamestown. (see image above).

Dust jacket:

Heavy green paper, text and decorations in dark green, indentical of front and rear panels; spine and flaps blank (see image above).

Front and rear panels: JAMESTOWN |TRIBUTES [in italic] and TOASTS | JULIA • WYATT • BULLARD | [device] | 1607 1907 | [device of the seals of the original 13 states. Virginia centered]

Notes:

It's interesting that James Branch Cabell was not the only Cabell who contributed to this volume. James Alston Cabell contributed Jamestown Island, and Mrs. Catherine Cabell Cox added To the National Society Colonial Dames of America.