1927 Jzc special edition

Copies examined

British Library: C.98.h.36
Curwen Press: K1

Title page

π2r

THE WOODCUT | AN ANNUAL | EDITED BY HERBERT FURST | [line] | PUBLISHED BY THE FLEURON LIMITED | 101 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON | No I 1927

Imprint

F7r

Limitation

[A]2r

(75/70, total / for sale)

Collation

[A]42+[A]3) B8 [C]8 D-F8.

Pagination

[12] 1-16 [17] 18-9 [20-1] 22-44 [45-6] 47 [48] 49 [50] 51 [52-4] 55-75(rectos only) [+5]; [12] at start includes π.

Technical description

Imperial 8o: 11 "×7 ½", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband white laid, J W Zanders; 14(+3)pt. Baskerville; woodcuts, woodcut pattern samples tipped on to D1v and D2r with protective tissue between; casing, yellow buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘THE | WOOD- | CUT | No.I’; dust-jacket of black patterned paper designed by Paul Nash, with white paper printed label over upper cover; see Jzca.

Notes

4 issues published, I-IV, 1927-30, see Simon 1956 p.85.

For other issues see Kzd, Ly and Mzd.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1927 Jzca ordinary edition

Copies examined

British Library: C.98.h.36
Curwen Press: K1

Title page

[A]4r

As Jzc.

Imprint

F7r

As Jzc,

Collation

[A]6 then as Jzc; no tissue insert in D.

Pagination

AsJzc but frontispiece omitted, and absent from Contents list.

Technical description

Imperial 8o: 10⅝" " × 7⅜", trimmed white wove, P.M.P.; type and illustrations as Jzc except frontispiece; casing, spine black cloth gold-blocked: ‘THE | WOOD- | CUT | No.I’, boards black and white patterned paper designed by Paul Nash; printed dust-jacket.

Note

Curwen Works note: 750 copies printed.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963