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The rivet in grandfather's neck : a comedy of limitations / by James Branch Cabell.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 C1115 915r
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Currie, Barton, 1877-1962 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Spencer, Kingsland (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 368 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- [First Edition.].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Robert M. McBride & Company, 1915.
- Notes:
- Half-title page has "Books by Mr. Cabell" on verso.
- "Copyright, 1915, by Robert M. McBride & Company. Published October, 1915."
- Brown cloth lettered in gilt. Front cover has gilt rule with title printed above design of seated Chinese figure. All edges trimmed.
- "It will be noted that the apostrophe in 'Grandfather's' is lacking on backbone of the first three printings."--Cf. Holt.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has red bookplate of Barton Currie.
- Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to Kingsland Spencer by James Branch Cabell, 23 November 1920.
- Cited in:
- Holt, G. Bibl. of the writings of James Branch Cabell, 9
- OCLC:
- 944250
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