1925 Hq

[A]⁸ B-F⁸ G⁶; G2^r is signed H.

[8] 1-92 [+8].

Foolscap 8^o: 6½" × 4¼", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 10(+2)pt. Garamond; casing, purple cloth, gold-blocked up spine: ‘HYMNS’

See Simon 1973 p.242: Catalogue raisonné states this edition was limited to 400 copies, on Japon paper.

Abberley Hall is a Preparatory school in Worcestershire.

• Garamond
  • 1530, by Claude Garamont (a type-founder for Robert Estienne among others), the first design where the roman and italic belong together; his consistent preferred spelling was 'Garamont', but the 20th-century types wrongly ascribed to him continue to use the 'Garamond' spelling.
  • See Simon 1973 p.169, Moran 1971 p.22
  • 1922, Monotype revived 'Caractères de L'Université', based on designs by Jean Jannon of Sedan which had been wrongly attributed to Garamond.
• Garamond, 10pt.