| British Library: | 11754.m.7 |
| Curwen Press: | H7 |
| British Library: | 11754.m.7 |
| Curwen Press: | H7 |
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The Language of the Birds A Comedy by Adolf Paul [rule] [pattern of 4 flowers] [rule] Only Authorized English Translation by ARTHUR TRAVERS-BORGSTROEM Scenic Music by Jean Sibelius Introduction by Henry C. Shelley [rule] London Alfred Montgomery, Whitehall House 29 Charing Cross, S.W.1 1922
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[1-9]4, inserts after [1]1 and [2]2.
[1-3] 4-10 [11-13] 14-71 [+1].
Foolscap 8o: 6½" × 4", trimmed, white laid, Abbey Mills Greenfield, inserts of loaded paper; 11pt. Caslon; line block headpiece on p.[13], halftone portraits on inserts; casing, spine purple buckram gold-blocked up: ‘The Language of the Birds’, boards brown mottled paper, upper cover label: ‘The Language of the Birds By Adolf Paul’
Curwen copy lacked halftone plates.
Adolf Paul, 1863-1943, was a student at the Helsinki Music Institute and became a close friend of Sibelius; he wrote in German, Swedish and Finnish; he wrote The language of the birds in 1911.
29/Sep/1922
Robin Phillips, 1963
