Books About James Branch Cabell

JAMES BRANCH CABELL, by H.L. Mencken

James Hall Code
Description
E8
E8a

Notes:

Mrs. Brewer notes that both the small paper issue, E8, and the large paper one, B8a, were issued simultaneously. It should be mentioned, though, that the two issues have significant differences. The text appears to be the same in both, but the fore- and aftermatter are very different, and while the main text itself may not have been reset, the frames were broken and the text pages renumbered.

Bibliographic Summary of Differences between the Two Issues:

1. E8 - photographic frontispiece and final illustration
    E8a - no frontispiece or illustration

2. E8 - no limitation page
     E8a - limitation page present and counted in pagination

3. E8 - no half-title leaf
     E8a - half-title leaf present and counted in pagination

4. E8 - title page dated MCMXXVII
     E8a - title page dated MCMXXVIII

5. E8 - Title page verso is a list of titles in the Kalki edition
    E8a - This list is not present. TPV contains publication data only

6. E8 - Text pages numbered 3-22
    E8a - Text pages numbered 7-26

7. E8 - pp. 23-32 INDIVIDUAL COMMENT (excerpts from reviews of Cabell titles)
    E8a - INDIVIDUAL COMMENT section omitted and replace by BIBLIOGRAPHY pp. (27)-31