James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
BEYOND LIFE: Dizain des Demiurges
SS Code |
Hall Code |
Hall Description |
Silver Stallion Description |
*BL-B2 (ML) |
BL-B1 (ML) |
First Modern Library Edition |
Second Modern Library Printing [1923 - 1925] |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto type "D": [All enclosed in a double rule] BEYOND LIFE | [in italic] Dizain des Démiurges | [ a line] | BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [ a line] | Introduction by | GUY HOLT| [ a line] | "BL" Modern Library device | [4 lines 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 purpose to a life beyond life" | [ a line] | BONI AND LIVERIGHT| [ a line] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK (see image above).
Title page verso: [in italic] Copyright, 1919, by | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] Printed in the United States of America (see image above).
Publication:
New York: Boni and Liveright. No date (1923-1925).
Collation:
Sextodecimo [16.8 cm. (6 5/8-inches) x 10.8 cm. (4 1/4-inches)]. [i] half-title; [ii] advt; [iii] title; [iv] copyright; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii-xvii] (marked ix-xix) Introduction; [xviii] blank; [xix] Contents; [xx] blank; [1] I | WE APPROACH; [2] 13 line passage; 3-358 text; [359] advt; [360-364] catalog.
Binding:
Toledano Binding Style 3. Flexible leatherette in brown, green, or black (likely issued in blue as well). Spine all in gilt: [Double rule] | BEYOND | LIFE | [Rule] | CABELL | MODERN | LIBRARY | [Double rule]. Front in gilt: "Monk" device. (see image above).
Dedication:
[double rule] To | GUY HOLT | [acrostic verse of seven lines] | [double rule] (see image above).
Endpapers:
Brodzky design endpapers, as used in Modern Library titles 1919-1925 (see image above).
Dust jacket:
Not seen, but this printing would probably have had a Style DJ-C front and spine.
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.
This printing is a transitional one. It has the Style 3 binding, with the "monk scribe device", but has the older style type "D" title page with the "BL" Modern Library device. Earlier printing[s?: BL-B1 (ML)] had the same type "D" title page, but also had a style 2 binding with the "BL" device. A later printing [*BL-B3 (ML)] also has the Style 3 binding, but pairs it with the matching type "E" title page.
