Cabell's Contributions to Books: Reprints in Books
ON PARADE: Caricatures by Eva Herrmann,
edited by Erich Posselt
Hall Code |
Description |
Cabell Contribution(s) |
B9 |
On Parade 1929 |
Untitled contribution |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: ON PARADE | CARICATURES by | EVA HERRMANN | [decoration] | EDITED BY ERICH POSSELT | CONTRIBUTIONS | BY PROMINENT AUTHORS | 1 9 2 9 | COWARD-McCANN NEW YORK (see image above).
Title page verso: Copyright 1929, by | COWARD-McCANN, Inc. | [in italic] All rights reserved | PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | BY THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. (see image above).
Publication:
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.; 1929
Collation:
Royal octavo [25 cm. (9⅞-in.) x 18.8 cm. (7 7/16-in.)]. x + 180 + one blank leaf. (i) half-title (verso blank); (iii) title page; (iv) publication data; (v) dedication (verso blank); vii-viii CONTENTS; ix-x FORWARD; (1) fly-title; 2-179 text and illustrations (vero of last leaf blank); one blank leaf.
Binding:
Green paper boards with black cloth spine; gilt lettering and decorations on spine; black and blue lettering and decorations on front cover; top edge trimmed. Spine: ON | PARADE | [three dots in a triangle] | HERRMANN | [rule] | POSSELT | COWARD McCANN. Front cover: [in black] ON PARADE | [in blue] CARICATURES by | [in black] EVA HERRMANN | [decoration in black and blue] | [in black] EDITED BY ERICH POSSELT | [in blue] WITH ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY PROMINENT AUTHORS (see image above).
Dedication:
TO | FRANK S. HERRMANN (see image above).
Dust jacket:
Green paper; text and decorations in black and blue (see image above).
Spine: [in black] ON | PARADE | [rule] | HERMANN | POSSELT | [device] | Coward | McCann
Front panel: [in black] ON PARADE | [in blue] CARICATURES by | [in black] EVA HERRMANN | [decoration in black and blue] | [in black] EDITED BY ERICH POSSELT | [in blue] WITH ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY PROMINENT AUTHORS
Rear panel: [ decoration of a winged horse in black and blue]
Front flap: [in black] [flush right] #3.00 | [decorated rule] | [31-line blurb in three paragraphs] | [in italic] With 42 full-page illustrations | [decorated rule]
Rear flap: [in black] [decorated rule] | BY WAY OF ART | BY PAUL ROSENFELD | [15-linbe blurb] | [flush right] $2.50 | [decorated rule] | [Publishers' order form] | [decorated rule]
Notes:
This is a book of caricatures of forty-two literary figures of the day, drawn by Eva Herrmann. Each drawing is accompanied by a short article by the subject, as well as a listing of his or her works. Cabell's contribution originally appeared in The Bookman, September, 1928, under the title "Credos" (Brewer No. 101).
