1924 Gi ordinary edition

Copies examined

British Library: 011904.aa.38
Curwen Press: K19

Title page

[1]2r

CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ | OF BOOKS | PRINTED at the CURWEN PRESS | 1920 – 1923 | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | HOLBROOK JACKSON | [flower] 1924 [flower] | THE MEDICI SOCIETY LIMITED | 7 GRAFTON STREET LONDON, W.

Colophon

[6]4r

Limitation

χ2v verso of front free endleaf

This edition is limited to 400 copies of which | Nos. 1–150 are for presentation and | Nos. 151–400 for sale | This is No. [space for serial number]

Collation

χ2, [1-6]4.

Pagination

[1-8] 9-13 [14-16] 17-25 [26] 27 [+21].

Technical description

Demy 8o: top edge only trimmed, 8¾" × 5¾", white laid, Haesbeek ; 12pt. Garamond with ligatures; after p.27 are printed title-pages, illustrations etc. from some of the Press's earlier works, in their original colours; casing, brown paper, spine gold-blocked up: ‘Medici Society [then near head] CURWEN PRESS’; printed dust-jacket.

Notes

For later Catalogues Raisonnés see Hj, Kzc, Nc; reprinted in Simon 1973 pp.232-253.

B.L. copy numbered 359 (a sale copy)

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 5/Oct/2017

1924 Gia presentation edition

Copies examined

British Library: 011904.aa.38
Curwen Press: K19

Title page, limitation and colophon

As Gi.

Collation and pagination

As Gi.

Technical description

Demy 8o: as Gi except: top edge only trimmed and gilt, green headbands; sewn on 5 cords, bound in brown morocco(?)leather, spine tooled in gold, at foot: ‘1924’ with fillet above and below, then panels up spine: ‘| | CATALOGUE | | RAISONNÉ | | CURWEN | | PRESS | | [top panel blank] | |

Note

Curwen Library presentation copy numbered 85.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 5/Oct/2017