1923 Fl

Copies examined

British Library: 011645.f.20
Curwen Press: A26

Title page

[1]2r

[within a frame of 3 decorative rules] DARK LANTERNS | BY | H. V. MARROT | ELKIN MATHEWS LTD | LONDON WEST | 1923

Imprint

[1]2v

Colophon

[8]4v

[block as in Eb].

Collation

[1-8]4.

Pagination

[i-vi] vii-viii [ix, x] 1-53 [+1].

Technical description

Foolscap 4o: uncut 8½" × 6¾", white laid, Abbey Mills Greenfield ; 14pt. Garamond with ligatures; casing, blue paper, white paper spine label printed up: ‘DARK LANTERNS by H. V. MARROT’, upper cover label printed in script: ‘[within a red and green frame of leaves and apples] Dark | Lanterns | By | H. V. Marrot

Note

B.L. copy as above, but on watermarked cream laid Van Gelder Zonen paper; handwritten note on [2]1v: ‘Twentyfive copies of this edition | H V Marrot’; As Marrot was the author, and a partner in Elkin Mathews, this strongly suggests the existence of 2 distinct editions on different stock.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 2/Jul/2010