The Silver Stallion
Books About James Branch Cabell
THE ART OF JAMES BRANCH CABELL, by Hugh Walpole
Hall Codes |
Description |
E3a (C1, F7) |
First Printing, Second State 1920 |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: [all enclosed in a double ruled box] THE ART OF | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] By | HUGH WALPOLE | WITH AN APPENDIX OF INDIVIDUAL | COMMENT UPON THE CABELL BOOKS | [McBride Liberty Bell device] | NEW YORK | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. | 1920 (see image above).
Title page verso: [all enclosed in a single ruled box] | BOOKS BY MR. CABELL | [list of 13 books by Mr. Cabell] | [rubber stamped at base of page] Copyright 1920, The Yale Review. (see image above).
Publication:
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1920
Collation:
Thin large duodecimo [18.8 cm. (7½ in.) x 12.7 cm. (5 in.)]; Pp. ii + 34; (i) blank; (ii) frontispiece; (1) title page; (2) BOOKS BY MR. CABELL; 3-16 text; 17 fly-title, Books by Mr. Cabell; 18-32 excerpts from reviews of Mr. Cabell's books; (33) THE TOYMAKER (12 line poem in three unequal stanzas) (verso blank).
Wraps:
Brown paper wraps; dark brown lettering and decorations on front cover; all edges trimmed; single gather staple-bound. Front cover: THE ART | of | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | By | Hugh Walpole | [Kalki device in lower right corner] (see image above).
Frontispiece:
Photograph of Mr. Cabell (see image above).
Notes:
Second state copies of this printing have the copyright notice rubber stamped at the base of the title page verso, but are otherwise identical to the first state.