1922 Eb

Copies examined

British Library: RAc.9670.c
Curwen Press: A16

Title page

[A]5r

[within a border of flowers] A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL | [in red] CATALOGUE | OF THE FIRST LOAN | EXHIBITION OF BOOKS | AND MANUSCRIPTS | HELD BY THE FIRST | EDITION CLUB | 1922 | PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR | THE FIRST EDITION CLUB | 17 PALL MALL EAST | LONDON, S.W.1

Note

[A]3r

[First Edition Club Imprimatur] block, a circular leaf design with italic script within: Imprimatur | THE FIRST | EDITION | CLUB.

Limitation

[A]4v

(500)

Colophon

N2r

[with unicorn Kzc no.2]

Collation

[A]8 B-M8 (K3+1) N4; A1 and N4 are pastedowns.

Pagination

[16] 1-2 [3-4] 5-16 [17-8] 19-42 [43-4] 45-55 [56-8] 59-70 [71] 72-80 [81-2] 83-116 [117-8] 119-29 [130-2] 133-78 [+6].

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8⅞" × 5¾", top edge only trimmed, white laid, Haesbeek; 12pt. Caslon; line block facsimiles in text; on many pages row of printer's flowers below headline, on some at foot also; casing, spine white buckram, red paper label: ‘[in italic script] CATALOGUE | of the | FIRST LOAN | EXHIBITION | 1922 | ·:· | FIRST EDITION | CLUB | LONDON’, boards mottled grey paper, red paper label on upper cover: ‘[within italic pen border] Bibliographical | CATALOGUE | of the | FIRST LOAN | EXHIBITION | 1922 | FIRST EDITION CLUB | LONDON’; a spare copy of each label tipped on to N3r.

Note

See Simon 1973, p.236: Review in Catalogue raisonné implies that this is the first imprint of the First Edition Club; see Balston (1951) p.22 quoting Holbrook Jackson, 'It might be taken as a model for all book catalogues'.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963