This title was issued in one edition only, limited to 1500 copies. All were signed by Vassos. PDV copy is #618. SUL holds #'s 470 and 1241.
JOHN VASSOS / [horizontal rule] / PHOBIA / [ornament] / [horizontal rule] / NEW YORK: COVICI FRIEDE: PUBLISHERS / 1931
310 x 235mm. Bound in full black cloth; plain paper endleaves; title and decor stamped in silver; type on spine set as one letter / line; typography by S.A. Jacobs, the Half Moon Press, New York.
i-ii blank 1 half-title 2 edition statement 3 blank 4 frontispiece 5 title page 6 copyright notice 7 dedication to H.S.S. = Harry Stack Sullivan 8 blank 9-12 preface 13-14 table of contents 15 half-title 16 blank 17-18 19-20 21-22 23-24 25-26 27-28 29-30 31-32 33-34 35-36 37-38 39-40 41-42 43-44 45-46 47-48 49-50 51-52 53-54 55-56 57-58 59-60 61-62 63-64 65-66 67-68 69-70 71-72 73-74 75-76 77-78 79-80 81-82 83-84 85-86 87-88 89-90 91-92 93-94 95-96 97-98 99-100 101-102 103-104 105-106 107-110 = 56 leaves
| 4 Frontispiece 19 Nyctophobia 23 Astrophobia 27 Zoophobia 30 Potamophobia 35 Hylophobia 39 Necrophobia 43 Acrophobia 47 Climacophobia 51 Batophobia 55 Dromophobia 59 Aichmophobia 63 Mechanophobia |
67 Agrophobia 71 Claustrophobia 75 Monophobia 79 Topophobia 83 Kleptophobia 87 Mysophobia 91 Anthropophobia 95 Phagophobia 99 Syphilophobia 103 Hypnophobia 107 Pantophobia 63 Mechanophobia also depicted in Synthesis #1 by Mrs. Dorothy Byard published in 1937. |
No information available
The
Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art report holding the manuscript
of this title among others in their "collection file." As the
collection is as of yet unprocessed and quite large at 19 linear feet, this is
difficult to ascertain with certainty. (1)
No information of any kind relating to this title could be found in the John Vassos Papers held at Syracuse University. Based on the information given above it is expected that it would be found at the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art. The John Vassos Papers do contain all the original artwork, with the exception of 63 Mechanophobia, however.