1925 Ht

Copies examined

British Library: 7860.cc.34
British Library: X.29/6041 DSC
Curwen Press: A1

Title page

[A]2r

LONDON | TRADESMEN'S CARDS | OF THE XVIII CENTURY | AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR ORIGIN AND USE | BY | AMBROSE HEAL | [line block: a cross-bow; gun-maker's emblem?] | LONDON | B. T. BATSFORD LTD. 94 HIGH HOLBORN | 1925

Imprint and limitation

[A]2v

First published in 1925 | The edition limited to 700 copies | for sale in Great Britain and | 250 copies for sale in the U.S.A.

Collation

[A]4 ([A]1+χ1) B-F8 G6 H10 [1-11]8 [12-13]6 ([13]6 +χ1); [1-13] are of single leaves made up in pairs.

Pagination

[i-v] vi [vii-viii] 1-91 [92, then inserts] 93-110 [+2].

Technical description

Crown 4o: 9¾" × 7", trimmed, [A]-H white wove, Basingwerk parchment, [1-13] white wove, no mark; 12pt. Garamond with ligatures; line blocks and engraved plates in [1-13] and insert in [A]; casing, boards in marbled paper blue green purple and yellow, spine buff buckram, blocked in purple: ‘London | Tradesmen's | Cards | of the | Eighteenth | Century | Ambrose | Heal | Batsford’; printed dust-jacket.

Note

B.L. copy at 7860.cc.34 is not legal deposit; red ownership stamp indicating purchase, date 3/Dec/1942; copy rebound.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 25/Jun/2011