Full Title:

Title page recto: BEYOND | LIFE | [rule] | [in italic] Dizain des Démiurges | [rule] BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] "Many a man lives a burden to the earth: | but a good book is the precious life-blood of a | master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on pur- | pose to a life beyond life." | NEW YORK | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | 1924 (see image above).

Title page verso: Copyright, 1919, by | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | [in italic] Printed in the | United States of America | Fifth Edition | [rule] | Published January, 1919. (see image above).

Publication:

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1924.

Collation:

Crown octavo [19.6 cm. (7¾ in.) x 13.3 cm. (5¼ in.)]; pp. 1 blank leaf not counted in pagination + (viii) + 372 + 1 blank leaf not counted in pagination; (i) half title; (ii) Books by Mr. Cabell; (iii) title page; (iv) publication data; (v) dedication (verso blank); (vii) Contents (verso blank); (1) -358 text. Pp. (359)-(372) Some Other Books by Mr. Cabell (With Tributes of the Press); 1 blank leaf not counted in pagination. Pp. (320) and (368) are blank. Pp. (1), (21), (53), (83), (125), (161), (201), (241), (275), and (321) are fly-titles.

Binding:

Kalki binding: brick red cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine and front cover; top edge trimmed, else untrimmed. Spine: BEYOND | LIFE | [rule] | CABELL | McBRIDE; Front cover: [Kalki device in lower right corner] (see image above).

Dedication:

[double rule] | To | GUY HOLT | [6 line acrostic verse] | [double rule] (see image above)./