1924 Ga edition de luxe

Copies examined

Curwen Press: E45

Title page

[A]3r

THE ARTIST'S | LONDON | [ornament] | As seen in | EIGHTY CONTEMPORARY PICTURES | [ornament] | With Essays by | JOHN DRINKWATER | WILFRED WHITTEN | JAMES LAVER | W. P. ROBINS | JOHN [block: a castle] CASTLE | LONDON : 7 HENRIETTA STREET, STRAND, MCMXXIV

Imprint

[A]3v

Printed in Great Britain : Letterpress by | the Curwen Press, Plaistow, E.13; Plates | by Henry Stone & Son Ltd., Banbury

Limitation

[A]1v

This Edition-de-luxe is limited to 200 numbered copies (of | which 190 are for sale), each containing as frontispieces signed | proofs of an original lithograph by Frank Brangwyn, R.A., | and an original etching by W.P. Robins, R.E. This is | No. [space for serial number]

Collation

[A]4 B-E4 [F-X]4; inserted leaves made into pairs around sections [F, H, K, M, O, Q, S and U].

Pagination

[i-vi] vii-x [xi-xii] xiii-xxxviii [+130]; i.e. sections [F-X] are unpaged.

Technical description

Demy 4o: 11316" × 8½", trimmed, artificial headband, top edge gilt, white wove, no mark; 14pt. Garamond; with 7-line decorative initials; sections [F-X], thinner white loaded paper calendered both sides bearing line blocks or halftone illustrations on every recto; around each section are inserted single leaves (not conjugate pairs) of heavier white loaded paper (polished one side only) made into pairs, each recto bearing a colour illustration; binding, spine black leather gold-blocked: ‘[fillets] | The | ARTIST'S | LONDON | In Eighty | Contem- | porary | Pictures | [fillets] | JOHN | [block: a castle] | CASTLE | [fillets]’, bevelled boards blue cloth, upper cover blocked with rectangular panel in blind, and gold-lettering within: ‘The ARTIST'S | LONDON’ 3 fillets round edges of upper board.

Note

Curwen copy lacks lithograph and etching frontispieces, and was also un-numbered; B.L. copy rebound.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 1/Oct/2020

1924 Gaa ordinary edition

Copies examined

British Library: 10349.r.6

Title page

[A]3r

As Ga.

Limitation

No limitation.

Collation and pagination

As Ga.

Technical description

Paper, type and illustrations as Ga; casing, blue cloth; boards not bevelled, no headband or gilding,light blue marbled endleaves; gold-blocked on spine and upper cover as Ga; no frontispieces.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 1/Occt/2020