1925 Hd ordinary edition

Copies examined

British Library: W.P.7332/13
Curwen Press: C36

Title page

[A]2r

[within a flowers and rule border] THE BODLEY HEAD QUARTOS | EDITED BY G. B. HARRISON | [flower] | JOHN MARSTON | THE SCOURGE OF | VILLANIE | 1599 | [rule, and remainder as Ff].

Imprint

[A]2v

Series

[A]1r

XIII | BODLEY HEAD QUARTOS

Collation

[A]8 B-I8.

Pagination

[i-v] vi-xiii [xvi-xvi] 1-46 [47] 48-76 [77] 78-122 [123-4] 125-6 [+2].

Technical description

Crown 8o: 7⅛" × 5", top edge only trimmed, white laid, no mark; 12pt. Caslon with dropped initials; facsimile of original title-page; casing, light brown cloth blocked in blue like Fb.

Notes

For paper-back edition see Hda.

For fine-paper edition see Hdb.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1925 Hda paperback edition

Title page (front cover), imprint and series

[A]2r

As Hd.

Collation and pagination

As Hd.

Technical description

Paper, type and illustrations as Hd but trimmed 7" × 4⅞"; paperback; laid paper covers printed up spine: ‘JOHN MARSTON THE SCOURGE OF VILLANIE (1599)’, and across foot of spine: ‘2/6 | NET’, front cover as title-page, back cover bears advertisement as Gfa.

Notes

Paperback edition not in B.L.; Curwen copy examined lacked paper wrappers as issued; presumably similar to the others in the series with spine wording as above; colour not known; no copy yet traced.

Ordinary edition (cased) in B.L., see Hd.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1925 Hdb fine-paper edition

Copies examined

British Library: 11771.dd.11
Curwen Press: C37

Title page, imprint and series

[A]2r

As Hd.

Limitation

[A]1v

(50)

Collation and pagination

As Hd.

Technical description

Crown 8o: 7¼" × 5", top edge only trimmed and dark green,white laid, Unbleached Arnold; type and illustrations as Hd; casing, spine white canvas blocked in dark green like Hd, boards in marbled paper predominantly green.

Note

B.L. copy numbered 6; for ordinary edition see Hd.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963