| Curwen Press: | E45 |
| Curwen Press: | E45 |
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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
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Printed in Great Britain : Letterpress by the Curwen Press, Plaistow, E.13; Plates by Henry Stone & Son Ltd., Banbury
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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]
[A]4 B-E4 [F-X]4; inserted leaves made into pairs around sections [F, H, K, M, O, Q, S and U].
[i-vi] vii-x [xi-xii] xiii-xxxviii [+130]; i.e. sections [F-X] are unpaged.
Demy 4o: 113⁄16" × 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.
Curwen copy lacks lithograph and etching frontispieces, and was also un-numbered; B.L. copy rebound.
12/Jun/1924
DWB Munzinger NPG ODNB
IMDb NPG ODNB
NPG ODNB
Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 1/Oct/2020
| British Library: | 10349.r.6 |
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As Ga.
No limitation.
As Ga.
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.
Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 1/Occt/2020