1920 Cd

[1-7]⁴ [8]⁶.

[1-5] 6-66 [+2]; [1]1 & [8]6 are pastedowns.

Foolscap 8^o: 6½" × 4", trimmed, white laid, watermark not identified, probably an Italian hand-made paper; 11pt. Imprint with dropped initials; head- and tail-pieces to each poem; casing, spine black buckram with printed paper label up: ‘[flower] THE LUTE OF LOVE [flower]’, boards in patterned paper by Fraser, similar to Kzb no.5 reduced and in red and yellow, upper cover printed paper label: ‘[within circular border] The | Lute of Love | [block: a lute] | An Anthology’

See Gilmour 1977, p.41; Balston (1951) p.11 states that Harold Curwen designed this book, implicitly before Oliver Simon's arrival at Plaistow.

One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.

• Curwen, Harold, 1885–1949
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.10-24; Barman (1956); retired from active printing 1939.
• Fraser, Claud Lovat, 1890–1921 NPG ODNB
  • see Simon (1973) p.152, Gilmour (1977) pp.40-42
• Imprint
  • 1913, by J. H. Mason, for Gerard Meynell's periodical Imprint;
  • 1912, Monotype;
  • See Moran 1971 pp.38 125-8.
• Imprint, 11pt.
• J. Curwen & Sons, London. Centenary Exhibition (1963 : Bloomsbury)
• Selwyn & Blount (London, England)