James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography

JURGEN: A Comedy of Justice
JURGEN: KOMEDIE O SPRAVEDLNOSTI

Hall Code
Description
Jur-Cz-1
Czechoslovakian Translation 1930

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COMPILATION

Full Title:

Title page recto: JAMES BRANCH CABELL | JURGEN | [in italic] KOMEDIE O SPRAVEDLNOSTI | ROMAN | V PRAZE | [rule] | 1930 (see image above).

Title page verso; blank.

Publication:

Prague; U.D.K.N.; 1930.

Collation:

Crown octavo [19.7 cm. (7¾ in.) x 13.7 cm. (5⅜ in.)]; pp. 268; (1) half-title (verso blank; (3) title page (verso blank); 5-9 PŘEDMLUVA (verso blank); (11) fly-title (verso blank); 12-265 text (verso blank); (267) colophon (verso blank).

Binding:

Olive green cloth, lettering in black; decorations in black and gilt, all edges trimmed. Spine: [black rule] | [decoration of gilt X] | James | Branch | Cabell | [decorations of three gilt Xs down the spine] | [black rule]. Front cover: [all enclosed in a single ruled black box] | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [decoration of a gilt star] | [decoration of gilt X] | [decoration of a gilt flower with black center] | JURGEN. Rear cover: [all enclosed in a single ruled black box] [in green, enclosed in solid black rectangle] ŪDKN (see image above).

Dedication:

Originally dedicated to Burton Rascoe, but the dedication is not present in this edition.

Colophon:

JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [double rule] | JURGEN | (KOMEDIE O SPRAVEDLNOSTI) | [double rule] | 10 lines of text (see image above).

Dust jacket:

Not seen.

Notes:

The example shown here was Mr. Cabell's personal copy. He has autographed "Property of James Branch Cabell" on the front free endpaper. It resides in the Cabell Room at the James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University. The scans were provided to The Silver Stallion by Ray Bonis, Ray Bonis, Senior Research Associate, Special Collections and Archives.

There was also a paperback issue of this printing, Jur-Cz-1a.