The Black Riders and Other Lines

The title page is set in small capitals and reads "THE BLACK RIDERS AND OTHER LINES BY STEPHEN CRANE" over "BOSTON COPELAND AND DAY MDCCCXCV" — the Roman-numeral date MDCCCXCV is the first point, and the Act-of-Congress notice on the verso is likewise dated MDCCCXCV. The entire text is set in small capitals, the poems untitled and numbered in Roman numerals, and the volume is dedicated to Hamlin Garland; collation is small octavo, pp. [i-iii][iv blank] 1-76 [77 colophon][78-80 blank]. Two issues of the first edition were produced with no priority established between them: the trade issue of 500 copies on wove paper in publisher's cream to tan paper-covered boards printed in black with the stylized orchid design (attributed by ABAA dealers to Frederic C. Gordon), all edges untrimmed; and 50 copies on Japan vellum with the text printed in green ink, in plain covers with a printed paper spine label, unopened in surviving examples (three further copies are recorded in morocco)