Cabell's Contributions to Books
JAMES BRANCH CABELL, by Carl Van Doren
Hall Code |
Description |
Cabell Contribution(s) |
A11d (E7) |
Literary Guild Edition, Black Binding 1932 |
A Map of Poictesme |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: [all enclosed in a decorated border by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer]
JAMES BRANCH | CABELL | [in italic] By | CARL VAN DOREN | THE LITERARY GUILD | NEW YORK : MCMXXXII (see image above).
Title page verso: COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. | COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. | [rule] | [in italic] Printed in the United | States of America | [rule] | First printing, February, 1925 | Second printing, November, 1925 | New and Revised Edition | February, 1932 (see image above).
Publication:
New York: The Literary Guild; 1932
Collation:
Thin crown octavo [20.6 cm. (8⅛-in.) x 14.6 cm. ( 5¾-in.)]; 1 blank leaf + iv + 90 + 1 blank leaf; 1 blank leaf; (i) title page; (ii) publication data; (iii) CONTENTS (verso blank); 1-86 text; 87-89 THE BOOKS OF JAMES BRANCH CABELL (verso blank), one blank leaf
Binding:
Black cloth; gilt lettering on spine; top edge trimmed else untrimmed. Spine: [in italic] James | Branch | Cabell | Van Doren | Literary | Guild (see image above).
Dust jacket / Slipcase:
No dustjacket or slipcase seen. The primary binding of The Literary Guild issue was issued together with THESE RESTLESS HEADS, in the same slipcase and a matching binding. We have seen THESE RESTLESS HEADS in this same black cloth binding, TRH-A2b, but we have not seen a set in slipcase.
