1925 Hzc

Copies examined

British Library:	Ac.9670.c/3
Curwen Press:	G37

Title page

[A]2^r

AMBROSE BIERCE | [swelled rule] | TEN TALES | * | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | A.J.A. SYMONS | [a circular floral design and in red within it: THE | FIRST | EDITION | CLUB] | LONDON | 1925

Imprint

[A]2^v

Collation

[A-C]⁸ D-E⁸ [F]⁸ G-I⁸ K⁴.

Pagination

[i-vii] xiii-xiv [xv-xvi,1-3] 4-15 [16-9] 20-6 [27-9] 30-4 [35-7] 38-58 [59-61] 62-3 [64-7] 68-77 [78-81] 82-93 [94-7] 98-105 [106-9] 110-9 [120-3] 124-136.

Technical description

Demy 8^o: 8¾" × 5½", top edge only trimmed and gilt, white laid, no mark ; 12pt. Caslon; casing, red cloth, spine gold-blocked: ‘AMBROSE | BIERCE | * | TEN | TALES | FIRST | EDITION | CLUB’

Note

See Simon 1973 p.241: Catalogue raisonné states this edition was limited to 500 copies, on Dutch mould-made paper.

Legal deposit date

27/Mar/1925

See also

Bierce, Ambrose, 1842–1914?
Caslon
- 1725, by William Caslon of London;
- 1913, Monotype
Caslon, 12pt.
First Edition Club, London
- Founded by A. J. A. Symons
Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 25/Jun/2011