Books About James Branch Cabell
JESTING MOSES: A Study in
Cabellian Comedy, by Arvin R. Wells
Hall Code |
Description |
E15 |
First Printing 1962 |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: JESTING MOSES | [in italic] A Study in Cabellian Comedy | by ARVIN R. WELLS | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA PRESS | [in italic] Gainesville, 1962 (see image above).
Title page verso: [in italic] A University of Florida Press Book | COPYRIGHT, 1962, BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS | OF STATE INSTITUTIONS | OF FLORIDA | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | CATALOGUE CARD NO. 62-20737 | PRINTED BY ROBINSONS, INC. | ORLANDO, FLORIDA (see image above).
Publication:
Gainesville: University of Florida Press; 1962
Collation:
Medium octavo [23.7 cm. (9 5/16-in.) x 15.8 cm. (6ΒΌ-in.)]; X + 146; (I) half-title (verso blank); (II) title page; (III) publication data; (V) dedication (verso blank); VII-VIII Preface; IX Contents; X quotation from Ladies and Gentlemen; 1-136 text; 137-139 Notes; 139-141 List of Works Cited (verso blank); 143-146 Index.
Binding:
Red cloth; black lettering and decoration on spine only. Spine: [lettered down] JESTING MOSES [lettered across] WELLS [publisher's device] (see image above).
Dedication:
To | Jeanne Livingston Wells
Dust jacket:
Pale pink paper, lettering and decorations in red and black (see image above).
Spine: [lettered down] [in red] JESTING MOSES [in black] WELLS | [across] [publisher's device] UFP
Front panel: [illustration in grey tone] | [in red] JESTING MOSES | [in black] A STUDY IN CABELLIAN COMEDY | [in red] by Arvin R. Wells
Rear panel: [photograph of author] | THE AUTHOR | [6-line biography] | [heavy rule in red] | [publisher's device]
Front flap: [flush right] $5.00 | JESTING MOSES | [in italic] A Study in Cabellian Comedy | by ARVIN R. WELLS | FROM THIS BOOK: | [40-line blurb in three paragraphs]
Rear flap: [34-line continuation of blurb from front flap, in three paragraphs] | [in italic] University of Florida Press | Gainesville, Florida
