James Branch Cabell

Hall Code	Description
SS-D1 (P)	First Illustrated Edition 1928

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Publication:

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., October, 1928

Collation:

Small royal octavo [24.1 cm. (9½ in.) x 16.8 cm. (6⅝ in.)]; xxvi + 360 pp.; (i) blank; (ii) quotation; (iii) half-title; (iv) Books by Mr. Cabell; (leaf not counted in pagination) recto blank, verso frontispiece; (v) title page; (vi) publication data; (vii) dedication (verso blank); (ix) quotation (verso blank); xi-xii The Lords that Poictesme had in Dom Manuel's Time; (xiii)-xx A Note Upon Poictesme; xxi-xxiii Contents (verso blank); xxv Illustrations; (xxvi) quotation; (1) fly-title BOOK ONE; (2) quotation; 3-356 text; 357-359 Compendium of Events (verso blank). Pages (1), (25), (59), (95), (133), (171), (207), (247), (283), and (317) are fly-titles. Pages (26), (60), (96), (132), (134), (170), (172), (208), (248), and (284) are blank. Tipped in ilustrations face pages (v), 4, 56, 64, 104, 164, 198, 214, 278, 290, and 322. All tipped-in illustrations including the frontispiece are protected by unmarked tissue guards.

Binding:

Frontispiece:

The Lords that Poictesme had in Dom Manuel's Time [drawing by Frank Papé] (see image above).

Dedication:

[in italic] To | CARL VAN DOREN | [12-line acrostic verse in three stanzas. Last stanza in italic] (see image above).

Endpapers:

Two panel spread of the Map of Poictesme, by Frank Papé. This map, in its original monochrome form, was first used in 1926, as the endpapers for the signed, limited issued of the first printing of The Silver Stallion, Hall SS-A1a. Later that same year it was issued as a multi-colored broadside, Hall G2. The map used in this edition is printed in two colors, red and black, and is a later version, in which several errors noted in the first printing have been corrected. See our page on Papé's Map of Poictesme for a more detailed discussion (see image above).

Dust jacket:

Gold paper, black lettering and decorations (see image above).

Front panel: [all enclosed in a decorative border by Frank Papé] THE SILVER | STALLION | BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL | ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK C. PAPÉ | [illustration of Ninzian of Yair with the Prince of Darkness, by Frank Papé]

Rear flap: blank

Slipcase (?):

We have seen an advertisement for a copy of this edition presented in a plain, black slipcase that looked very similar to the slipcase issued with the signed, limited first printing, SS-A1a. That is the only copy we've seen presented thus. We don't know if the illustrated edition was originally issued with a slipcase, but this advertisement certainly raises the possibility.

Notes:

According to James Hall, Nelson Bond reported a second McBride printing of this edition. He did not personally see a copy but listed it on the basis of Bond's report. The Silver Stallion has not seen a copy either, so we consider it as possible, but not confirmed.

Mr. Cabell's introduction, A Note Upon Poictesme, discussed the reasons he created his mythical French province of Poictesme. This introduction was later revised and expanded in Preface to the Past, Hall Pref-A1 (K). Clicking on the image at left will take you to a copy of this introduction. You will need to use your browser's BACK button to return to The Silver Stallion after accessing it.