James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography

STRAWS AND PRAYER-BOOKS: Dizain des Diversions

Hall Code
Description
SPB-A1 (K)
First Printing 1924

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COMPILATION

Full Title:

Title page recto: [in italic] STRAWS AND | PRAYER-BOOKS | Dizain des Diversions | By | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | [in italic] "Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, | Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. . . . | Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, | And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age." | [rule] ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | NEW YORK : : : : : : 1924 (see image above).

Title page verso: Copyright, 1924, by | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] Printed in the | United States of America | First Edition | [rule] | Published, 1924 (see image above).

Publication:

New York: Robert M. McBride. Brussel states that the trade edition was issued on October 15, 1924.

Collation:

Crown octavo [19.2 cm. (7 9/16 in.) x 12.7 cm. (5 in.)]. Pp. viii+304; (i) b half-title; (ii) BOOKS by MR. CABELL; (iii) title page; (iv) publication data; (v) dedication (verso blank); (vii) Contents (verso blank); (1) fly-title; (2) apocryphal quote regarding the Book of Laws; 3-302 text; last leaf blank. Pp. (1), (23), (47), (77), (121), (137), (169), (191), (223), (237), (265), and (283) are fly-titles; pp. (22), (46), (120), (168), (222), and (236) are blank.

Binding:

Kalki binding: Brick-red cloth; gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. Spine: STRAWS | AND | PRAYER- | BOOKS | [rule] | CABELL | McBRIDE. Front cover: [Kalki device at lower right] (see image above).

Dedication:

To | BALLARD HARTWELL CABELL | [in italic] is dedicated whatever may be of worth in this | volume, or elsewhere in the Biography. (see image above)

Dust jacket:

Green and white variegated paper (see image above).

Spine: [double rule] STRAWS | AND | PRAYER- | BOOKS | [rule] | CABELL | McBRIDE | [double rule]

Front cover: STRAWS | AND | PRAYER- | BOOKS | by | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [Kalki device at lower right]

Rear cover: [double rule] STRAWS AND | PRAYER-BOOKS | by JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [19 line blurb in two paragraphs] | [in italic] At all bookstores 12 mo. Cloth, $2.50 net Postage extra | [double rule] ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | PUBLISHERS 7 WEST 16TH STREET NEW YORK | [double rule]

Front flap: $2.50 | ARE YOU | INTERESTED IN | BOOK NEWS? | [9 line advertisement]| [double rule] | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | PUBLISHERS | 7 West 16th St., New York | [three line order form]

Rear flap: :: The Books of :: | James Branch Cabell | [double rule] [list of 15 titles by Cabell, last line blocked out under the entry for From the Hidden Way]

Notes:

This trade edition was published on October 15, 1924, and pre-dates the large paper edition, published on November 1.