1928 Kx

Copies examined

British Library: Ac.9670.ca/3
British Library: 2719.x.620
Curwen Press: K9

Title page

[a]3r

A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | OF THE PRINCIPAL MODERN PRESSES | PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN | GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND | BY G.S.TOMKINSON | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | B. H. NEWDIGATE | [block as in Eb: wreathed design with red lettering inside] THE | FIRST | EDITION | CLUB | [then below the block] Published by THE CLUB | from 17, Bedford Square, London, W.C. | MCMXXVIII

Imprint

[a]3v

Limitation

[a]1r

(1,000)

Collation

[a]4 b,c4 B-Z4 2A-2H4.

Pagination

[i-viii] ix-xi [xii] xiii-xiv [xxv-xxvi] 1-2 [3] 4-8 [9] 10-5 [16] 17-23 [24-5] 26-30 [31] 32-5 [36] 37-40 [41] 42-4 [45] 46-52 [53] 54-60 [61] 62-9 [70] 71 [72] 73-85 [86] 87-8 [89] 90-5 [96] 97 [98] 99-110 [111] 112-4 [115] 116-8 [119] 120-1 [122-3] 124-8 [129] 130 [131] 132-4 [135] 136-50 [151] 152-8 [159] 160-6 [167] 168 [169] 170-2 [173] 174-8 [179-80] 181-238.

Technical description

Crown 4o: 9¾" × 7¼", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband,white wove, no mark ; 12pt. Caslon;line blocks, red printing; casing, spine + 1" of boards, unbleached cloth, with gold fillet down edge on each board, green leather spine label gold-blocked: ‘[within ruled frame] BIBLIO- | GRAPHY | OF MODERN | PRESSES | G. S. | TOMKINSON’, boards grey paper.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963