1926 If

Copies examined

British Library: Cup.502.a.5
British Library: Ashley 1286
Curwen Press: F95

Title page

f3r

A BILL FOR THE BETTER | PROMOTION OF OPPRESSION | ON THE SABBATH DAY | BY | THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK | [line block: a face] | PRIVATELY PRINTED

Imprint and limitation

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50 copies of this book have been privately | printed at the Curwen Press, Plaistow, for | H. V. Marrot, Esq., October, 1926. | Decorations by Lovat Fraser

Collation

16; normal pair of endleaves front and back of same paper.

Pagination

None.

Technical description

Crown 8o: 6¾" × 4¼", top edge only trimmed,green laid, no mark; 12pt. Imprint; line blocks by Lovat Fraser; casing, green laid paper, upper cover printed: ‘[within a circular wreath] | A BILL FOR THE | BETTER PROMOTION | OF OPPRESSION ON | THE SABBATH DAY | BY | THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK | [flower]

Note

See Simon 1973 p.244: Catalogue raisonné states this edition was un-numbered, on green czechoslovak hand-made paper.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963