1922 Ea

Copies examined

Curwen Press: E20

Title page

[A]3r

BEHIND THE | MACHINE | An Impression | by JOSEPH THORP | With Ten Studies | BY E. O. HOPPÉ | MCMXXII | AT THE ORIEL PRESS | WARDOUR STREET | LONDON

Imprint

not recorded!

Collation

[A]4 B-E4; [A]1 & E4 are pastedowns; sections C-E each have two pairs of unattached guards sewn into middle to balance thickness of inserted plates.

Pagination

[8] 5-9 [10-11], then 12-32 versos only numbered [+4].

Technical description

Demy 4o: 11¼" × 7⅝", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 18pt. Caslon; sepia photogravure plates tipped onto rectos of C1-E1 by their top edges, and a plate pasted down onto E2r; casing, spine black glazed cloth, boards saffron paper, upper cover printed: ‘[within 3-rule frame] BEHIND THE | MACHINE

Notes

Apparently no copy in B.L.

Joseph Thorp introduced Oliver Simon to Harold Curwen; see Simon 1956 p.9-10.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963