| Curwen Press: | M21 |
| Curwen Press: | M21 |
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[within a border of a thick rule, a thin rule and flowers] FIFTY DRAWINGS BY ALASTAIR With an Introduction by CARL VAN VECHTEN [oval publisher's mark] NEW YORK · ALFRED · A · KNOPF MCM XXV
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Of this book 1,025 copies of which 975 are for sale have been printed on Van Gelder paper under the direction of Harold Curwen at the Curwen Press London The Collotype plates are by Charles Whittingham & Griggs, Ltd London
[1]4 [2-12]8 [13]6; 2 leaves inserted before [1]2, sections [2-12] made up of single leaves, Ff1 3 5 and 7 being protective tissues, the rest laid leaves joined by linen guards, [13] similar, sewing after [13]4.
None.
Royal 4o: 12½" × 9¾", trimmed, white laid, Van Gelder Zonen; 14pt. Garamond; collotype illustrations on insert in [A] and on laid leaves in [2-13], each plate protected by a tissue leaf bearing caption printed in red; plates I, II, VI, VIII, X, XV, XVI, XX, XXVI, XXXII, XXXV and XLIX contain colours other than black; casing, black cloth.
One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.
No copy in B.L.
Curwen copy may have printer's casing; no copy yet traced as issued by publisher.
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Robin Phillips, 1963