Books About James Branch Cabell
JAMES BRANCH CABELL, by H.L. Mencken
Hall Code |
Description |
E8a |
First Printing, Large Paper [1927] |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: JAMES BRANCH CABELL | By | H. L. Mencken | [McBride Liberty Bell device] | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | NEW YORK MCMXXVIII (see image above).
Title page verso: COPYRIGHT, 1927, | BY ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | [in italic] Published, September, 1927 | PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (see image above).
Publication:
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company; 1928 (previous bibliographers agree this date is in error and that the actual date of issue was 1927)
Collation:
Thin royal octavo [24.5 cm (9 11/16-in.) x 16.3 cm. (6 7/16-in.)]; 33; (1) half-title; (2) limitation page; (3) title page; (4) publication data; (5) fly-title (verso blank); 7-26 text; (27) fly-title BIBLIOGRAPHY (verso blank); 29-32 text of BIBLIOGRAPHY (verso blank).
Binding:
Quarter bound: art vellum spine over blue paper boards, white paper label lettered in black on spine; front cover blank, pages untrimmed. Spine label: [lettered down] JAMES BRANCH CABELL [device] [in italic] H. L Mencken (see image above).
Limitation:
OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND TEN | COPIES OF THIS MONOGRAPH PRINTED | IN SEPTEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED | AND TWENTY-SEVEN, THIS COPY IS | NUMBER [hand written in red] 5 (see image above).
Dust jacket:
None noted.
Notes:
See the Notes concerning the two issues of this title on the E8/E8a Index page.
