The works of James Branch Cabell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958.

Contributor:

Orcutt, William Dana, 1870-1953.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Genre:

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

18 volumes ; 24 cm

Edition:

Storisende Edition.

Other Title:

Works of James Branch Cabell

Place of Publication:

New York : Robert M. McBride & Company, [MCMXXVII-MCMXXX 1927-1930].

Contents:

v. 1. Beyond Life: Dizain des Démiurges.

v. 2. Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances.

v. 3. The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption.

v. 4. Domnei. The Music from Behind the Moon: Two Comedies of Woman-Worship.

v. 5. Chivalry: Dizain des Reines.

v. 6. Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice.

v. 7. The Line of Love: Dizain des Mariages.

v. 8. The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment.

v. 9. Gallantry: Dizain des Fêtes Galantes.

v. 10. Something About Eve: A Comedy of Fig-Leaves.

v. 11. The Certain Hour: Dizain des Poètes.

v. 12. The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking.

v. 13. From the Hidden Way. The Jewel Merchants: Dizain and Comedy of Echoes.

v. 14. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations.

v. 15. The Eagle's Shadow: A Comedy of Purse-Strings.

v. 16. The Cream of the Jest: The Lineage of Lichfield. Two Comedies of Evasion.

v. 17. Straws and Prayer-Books: Dizain des Diversions.

v. 18. Towsend of Lichfield: Dizain des Adieux.

Notes:

"Of this ... volume of the Storisende Edition of the works of James Branch Cabell fifteen hundred and ninety copies have been printed, of which fifteen hundred and fifty are for sale in the United States and England."

Binder's title: each volume has special t.-p. printed in red and black.

"This is a revised and final version of the entire Biography of the Life of Manuel. Each volume contains a preface written by the author especially for this edition. Each preface was autographed. The text of each volume was completely revised. Volume 18, Townsend of Lichfield ... contains material never before published."--Cf. Brewer.

Each volume of the Storisende Edition "was designed by William Dana Orcutt and printed and bound at the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts".

Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Front cover has Kalki device stamped in blind in center with a single-ruled border. Top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy is no. 1559 with each preface signed by James Branch Cabell.

Cited in:

Brewer, F. J. James Branch Cabell, no. 53

OCLC:

35116908