Full Title:

Title recto: [all hand cut lino-cut block print] ] The JEWEL | MERCHANTS [black within decorative border] | [device] In Lino-cuts [device] | by | William John Bernhard | [block "B" device] | Privately Printed | MCMXXVII (see image above).

Title verso: blank.

Publication:

New York; privately printed; 1928.

Collation:

Royal quarto [32.4 cm. (12¾ in.) x 24.8 cm. (9¾ in.)]; pp. (28); (1-4) blank leaf; (5) half-title (verso blank); (7) blank; (8) frontispiece; title page (verso blank); (9) limitation page (verso blank); (11) Contents (verso blank); (13-26) 7 black and white illustrations (verso of each leaf blank); (27) blank leaf. Each printed page is protected by an unprinted tissue guard.

Binding:

Three-quarter bound, scarlet morocco spine and corners edged in gilt over Batik paper boards. Spine in gilt: [double rule] | [device] | [rule] | [single raised band] | [rule] |[lettered up] THE JEWEL MERCHANTS IN LINO-CUTS - WILLIAM JOHN BERNHARD | [rule] | [single raised band] | [rule] | [device] | [double rule]. Front cover; blank (see image above).

Frontispiece:

[All hand cut lino-cut block print] black and portrait of Mr. Cabell, signed "William John Bernhard" in pencil (see image above).

Limitation:

[All hand cut lino-cut block print] This edition consists of three | copies printed with Linoleum | Blocks on Dutch Charcoal | paper for presentation only. | This is number [hand written] 3 | [signature} William John Bernhard | Copyright 1928, by | William John Bernhard (see image above).

Notes:

This presentation copy differs from the regular issue in the binding, paper style, limitation, and in its lack of tinting on the illustrations. Interestingly, the title page also incorrectly states the date of publication as MCMXXVII, while the regular issue has the correct date of MCMXVIII.