1923 Fq limited edition

Copies examined

Curwen Press: B39

Half title

[1]1r

Title page

[1]2r

ODES | BY | JOHN KEATS | [block, an urn] | Decorated by | VIVIEN GRIBBLE | DUCKWORTH & CO. | 3 HENRIETTA STREET | LONDON, W.C. | 1923

Imprint

[3]4r

Limitation

[1]2v

Of this edition of ODES BY JOHN KEATS printed | on hand-made paper, with decorations designed | and cut in wood by VIVIEN GRIBBLE, 170 copies | only, numbered and signed by the artist, have | been printed, of which 150 copies are for sale | No . . . . .

Collation

[1-3]4.

Pagination

[1-4] 5-20 [+4].

Technical description

Demy 8o: top edge only trimmed, 10" × 6⅛", white laid, UNBLEACHED ARNOLD; 14pt. Imprint; 12 woodcuts, full-page or headpieces; casing, spine unbleached linen, boards maroon paper, upper cover gold-blocked: ‘ODES | BY | JOHN KEATS | [line drawing of urn as on t.p.]’.

Notes

Douglas Ball reported 25/Feb/1977 that the Aberystwyth copy is of the 'popular edition' Fqa, not the limited edition; so also the B.L. deposit copy; see Simon 1973 p.238.

B.L. copy is un-numbered; deposit stamp on [3]2v; Curwen copy was un-numbered.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 2/Jul/2010

1923 Fqa popular edition

Copies examined

Aberystwyth University, Thomas Parry Library: Simon 66
British Library: 11643.k.33

Title page

[1]2r

As Fq.

Collation and pagination

As Fq.

Technical description

Type and illustrations as Fq, paper not known, but the casing is all paper boards.

Notes

Douglas Ball reported 25/Feb/1977 that the Aberystwyth copy is of this 'popular edition', not the limited edition; see Simon 1973 p.238.

Catalogue raisonnée, see Simon 1973 p.238, with B.L. and Aberystwyth copies establish existence of the popular edition.

See also