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| Curwen Press: | C1 |
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[within a frame of two rules with cornerpieces] A CHALLENGE by Maitland Hardyman Lt.-Col., D.S.O., M.C. LONDON GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM ST., W.C.1
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[1]4 2-54; inserts after [1]2; [1]1 and 54 are pastedowns.
[6] 3-7 [8] 9 [10] 11-31 [+5].
Crown 8o: 7¼" × 4⅞", white laid, Abbey Mills Greenfield, insert after [1]2 white wove; 12pt. Imprint with 2-line dropped initials; collotype portrait on insert; boards wrapped in printed paper wrapper fixed to the spine, upper cover printed: ‘[within a frame in red of two rules, foliage, and two rules] A CHALLENGE by Maitland Hardyman Lt.-Col., D.S.O., M.C. [George Allen & Unwin's square mark] LONDON GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM ST., W.C.1’
Balston (1951) p.11 states that Harold Curwen designed this book, before Oliver Simon's arrival at Plaistow.
John Hay Maitland Hardyman, b.1894, a student of Fettes College, Edinburgh, enrolled Aug 1914 as a private in the Somerset Light Infantry. By 1917 he was the Brigade Major, awarded the M.C. 1917, D.S.O. 1918, killed in action 24/Aug/1918. He is listed as a poet by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Robin Phillips, 1963