Bibliographies of Works by James Branch Cabell
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF JAMES BRANCH
CABELL: A REVISED BIBLIOGRAPHY, by I.R. Brussel
Hall Code |
Description |
F3 (A21) |
First Printing 1932 |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: A Bibliography | of the Writings of | [in green] James Branch Cabell | [in black] A Revised Bibliography | By | I. R. Brussel | [centaur device in green] | PHILADELPHIA | [in green] THE CENTAUR BOOKSHOP | [in black] 1932 (see image above).
Title page verso: COPYRIGHT 1932 BY | THE CENTAUR BOOK SHOP (see image above).
Publication:
Philadelphia: The Centaur Book Shop, 1932
Collation:
Large duodecimo [19.7 cm. (7¾ in.) x 12.7 cm. (5 in.)]; ii + 134 pp.; two blank leaves not counted in collation; ii + 134 pp. (i) half title (verso blank); (1)-(2) CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE WORKS OF JAMES BRANCH CABELL; (3) blank; (4) frontispiece; (5) title page; (6) publication data; (7) dedication (verso blank); (9)-10 CONTENTS; (11) introduction by Mr. Cabell; (17) fly-title COMPILER'S NOTE (verso blank); (19)-20 text of note; (21) fly-title COLLATIONS (verso blank); (23)-90 text of Collations; (91) fly-title CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS (verso blank); (93)-96 text of CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS; (97) fly-title CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS (verso blank); (99)-106 text of CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS; (107) fly-title STUDIES AND REVIEWS OF JAMES BRANCH CABELL (verso blank); (109)-114 text of I. IN BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS; (115) fly-title STUDIES AND REVIEWS OF JAMES BRANCH CABELL (verso blank); (117)-126 text of II. IN PERIODICALS; (127) fly-title APPENDIX (verso blank); (129) reproduction of the first page of the pirate edition of The Taboo in Literature; (130) reproduction of the title page of Poor Jack; (131) reproduction of a letter from Mr. Cabell about Poor Jack; (132) reproduction of the title page of the pirate edition of Jurgen; (133) limitation page (verso blank); two blank leaves not counted in collation. Pages (17), (21), (91), (97), (107), (115), and (127) are fly-titles. Pages (ii), (3), (8), (18), (22), (92), (98), (108), (116), (128), and (134) are blank.
Binding:
Green cloth; white paper label on spine, front cover blank; top edge trimmed, else untrimmed. Spine: [decorated rule in green] | [in black] JAMES | BRANCH | CABELL | [in green italic] A Revised Bibliog- | raphy | [in black] I. R. | BRUSSEL | [decorated rule in green] (see image above).
Frontispiece:
Photograph of Mr. Cabell, protected by unmarked tissue guard (see image above).
Dedication:
DEDICATED TO | L. B. | AND | A. F. G. | [in italic] Where much more is due. (see image above)
Limitation:
THIS IS NUMBER [handwritten in black over underline] 8 OF THREE HUNDRED | AND FIFTY NUMBERED COPIES | THE ELEVENTH OF THE CENTAUR BIBLI- | OGRAPHIES PRINTED AT THE TORCH PRESS, | CEDAR RAPIDS, AND PUBLISHED BY THE | CENTAUR BOOK SHOP, PHILADELPHIA (see image above).
Dust jacket :
Yellow paper printed in black (see image above).
Spine: [decorated rule] | JAMES | BRANCH | CABELL | [in italic] A Revised Bibliog- | raphy | I. R. | BRUSSEL | [decorated rule]
Front panel: James Branch Cabell | [in italic] A Revised Bibliography by | I. R. Brussel | Kalki logo | THE CENTAUR BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Rear panel: THE CENTAUR BIBLIOGRAPHIES | [in italic] Uniform with this volume | still in print | $3.50 | [list of four bibliographies in the series]
Flaps: Blank
Notes:
This bibliography revises and updates Guy Holt's 1924 Centaur bibliography. This is the first of Mr. Cabell's bibliographies to include the complete Biography of the Life of Manuel.
