1928 Ka

Copies examined

British Library:
Curwen Press: B2

Title page

χ2r

An | ALMANACK [in red] | for the Year | 1929 | [flower] | [3-colour line block in red yellow and black: a basket of flowers] | [double rule] | DESIGNED BY MÄRTHA HJORTZBERG FOR | THE MEDICI SOCIETY, LONDON & BOSTON

Imprint

χ2v

Collation

χ2 [1-3]8.

Pagination

None.

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed,white wove, no mark ; Garamond; each page of the calendar is enclosed in a decorative frame with 2 colours, i.e. yellow with brown, blue, green or sea-green, the whole opening having the same colour-scheme except that [2]1r and 8v have sea-green, whereas [1]8v and [3]1r have blue; casing, spine pink cloth, blue label printed in red up: ‘AN ALMANACK FOR 1929’, boards blue paper, upper cover printed as the t.p.

Note

See Simon (1956) p.87; evidently hand-coloured stencilling was employed in this calendar; Barnett Freedman's contribution is not made clear; the 1931 calendar has not been identified.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963