1928 Jzf15 large-paper edition

Copies examined

British Library: Cup.401.f.4/15
Curwen Press: N7

Title page

f3r

[within border of flowers] POPULAR SONG | BY EDITH SITWELL | DRAWINGS BY EDWARD BAWDEN | LONDON: FABER & GWYER LTD. | MCMXXVIII

Limitation

f1r

A Jzf9.

Imprint

f7v

As Jzf1.

Series

As Jzf1.

Collation

[1]8; normal endleaves front and back.

Pagination

None.

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", top edge only trimmed, white wove Curwen Press + Unicorn; 10(+1½)pt. Baskerville; line blocks, 1 with green and red colour; casing, salmon wove paper, upper cover gold-blocked: ‘EDITH SITWELL | * * * | POPULAR SONG

Notes

The poem 'Popular Song' forms section 19 of Façade — an entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell, and was first performed publicly in 1923. The poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment composed by William Walton.

For general notes on this series, see Jzf0.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 10/Apr/2020

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