1924 Gj limited edition

Copies examined

British Library: 012352.g.50
Curwen Press: C45

Title page

[A]2r

DING DONG BELL | BY | WALTER de la MARE | [decorative swelled rule] | SELWYN & BLOUNT LTD · LONDON | APRIL · MCMXXIV

Imprint

[A]2v

Limitation

[A]1v

(300)

Collation

[A]4 B-L4.

Pagination

[i-vii] viii-ix [x-xii, 1] 2-31 [32-5] 36-51 [52-55] 56-76.

Technical description

Crown 8o: uncut, 7½" × 5", white laid, J W Zanders; 12(+3)pt. Caslon; casing, spine unbleached linen gold-blocked up: ‘DING DONG BELL by WALTER de la MARE’, boards dark brown Roma paper with oval Romulus and Remus watermark; printed dust-jacket.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1924 Gja ordinary edition

Copies examined

Aberystwyth University, Thomas Parry Library: 80
Aberystwyth University, Thomas Parry Library: 81

Title page

[A]2r

As Gj.but re-set.

Imprint

[A]2v

Collation and pagination

As Gj.

Technical description

Crown 8o: 7½" × 5", top edge only trimmed, white laid, no mark; 12(+3)pt. Caslon; casing, maroon full cloth, spine label printed maroon: ‘[double rule] | DING DONG | BELL | by | WALTER | de la MARE | [double rule]’; spare spine label on endleaf facing p.76.

Note

Douglas Ball, Aberystwyth, called my attention to the title-page of the ordinary edition.

See also