Full Title:

Title page recto Type E (used 1924-25): [all enclosed in a double rule] THE | QUEEN PEDAUQUE [rule] ANATOLE FRANCE | Translated by Jos. A. V. Strikzo [rule] Introduction by | JAMES BRANCH CABELL [rule] Monk scribe device [rule] BONI AND LIVERIGHT [rule] PUBLISHERS [device of three dots, repeated] NEW YORK (see image above).

Publication:

Title page verso: Copyright 1923, | BY BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC. | [rule] First Printing | [in italic] Printed in the United States of America (see image above).

This printing can be dated to 1924-25, based on the title page, and prior to Fall 1925 by the catalog at rear, printed contiguously with the text, which does not contain Camille, by Alexandre Dumas (see image above).

Collation:

Sextodecimo [16.8 cm. (6 5/8 in.) x 10.8 cm. (4 ¼ in.)]; (i) half-title; (ii) advertisement; (iii) title; (iv) copyright; [v]- vi CONTENTS; [vii]-xii INTRODUCTION; [xviii] THE QUEEN PEDAUQUE, [xiv] blank; 1-253 text; [254-258] catalogue.

Binding:

Toledano Binding Style 3 (used 1923-25). Flexible leatherette in brown. This binding is know for other titles in black, green, or blue, so other colors are possible. All edges trimmed. Spine all in gilt: [Double rule] | THE |QUEEN | PEDAUQUE [Rule] | ANATOL (sic)| FRANCE | MODERN | LIBRARY | [Double rule]. Front in gilt: Monk scribe device. (see image above).

Endpapers:

Brodzky design endpapers, as used in Modern Library titles 1919-1925 (see image above).

Notes:

For an explanation of the terms used on this page that are specific to The Modern Library, see the Cabell in The Modern Library page.