Full Title:

CIRCULAR SENT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILIES INTERESTED

Note: The piece appears to have been untitled when printed. The title listed above was added with a typewriter.

Publication:

n.p.; n.d. [1915]

Collation:

Single sheet broadside [22.9 cm. (9 in.) x 15.2 cm. (6 in.)] (see image above).

Notes:

This is an advertising piece written by Mr. Cabell to promote The Majors and Their Marriages, Hall M&TM-A1. Based on the text, it was intended to be sent to members of the various familes addressed in the book, promoting its sale. This handsome circular was mentioned (including a brief quote) on page 171 of Edgar A. MacDonald's James Branch Cabell and Richmond-in-Virginia, 1993, Hall/SS No. *E34. As far as we know, though, this Cabell original (albeit a minor one) has never been otherwise reported, and to our knowledge this is the first tme it has been reprinted in full. In it, Mr. Cabell discusses the content of the new book, its appeal to the families involved, and particulars of the printing. He notes that the Burlington Edition will be limited to 100 numbered and signed copies, and that 50 copies are still unsubscribed. He also notes that the number of copies of the Roxbury Edition "will be determined in number entirely by the number of advance orders." He further states that 'neither edition will be reprinted." Previous bibliographers have all agreed that the Roxbury Edition consisted of 200 copies in either buff or grey wraps. This broadside also mentions that an order blank was to be enclosed with the broadside circular. We have not seen that form.

The superscript title "CIRCULAR SENT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILIES INTERESTED" was not printed as part of the broadside, but was typed on later.

The copy shown here was found in a copy of the Burlington Edition of Majors, Hall M&TM-A1a.