| University of London Research Library Services: | [E.D.M.L.] G 9.4 [English] fol. |
| University of London Research Library Services: | [E.D.M.L.] G 9.4 [English] fol. |
| Curwen Press: | M18 |
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THE APOCRYPHA According to the AUTHORIZED VERSION [decorative tilde] WITH WOOD-ENGRAVINGS BY [the next 7 lines are set in 2 columns divided by a vertical rule] BLAIR HUGHES-STANTON WLADISLAW SKOCZYLAS GERTRUDE HERMES HESTER SAINSBURY LEON UNDERWOOD FRANK MEDWORTH STEPHEN GOODEN ERIC KENNINGTON RENÉ BEN SUSSAN ERIC RAVILIOUS M.E.GROOM JOHN NASH ERIC JONES D.GALANIS [decorative tilde] London THE CRESSET PRESS 11 Fitzroy Square 1929
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THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO 450 COPIES ON MOULD-MADE PAPER NUMBERED 1-450 AND TO 30 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER NUMBERED I -XXX THE NUMBER OF THIS COPY IS [space for serial number]
[A]6 B-Z8 2A-2C8 2D4.
[12] 1-30 [31-2] 33-83 [84-6] 87-105 [106-8] 109-36 [137-8] 139-46 [147-8] 149-77 [178-80] 181-261 [262-4] 265-78 [279-80] 281-4 [285-6] 287-90 [291-2] 293-5 [296-8] 299-300 [301-2] 303-62 [363-4] 265-406 [+2].
Foolscap 2o: 13¼" × 8¼", trimmed, artificial head- and tail-bands, top edge only gilt, white wove, P.M.P; 14pt. Baskerville with 7-line initials; line block illustrations; casing, full parchment, black leather spine label gold-blocked: ‘[within ruled frame] THE APOCRYPHA [flower] CRESSET PRESS’.
ULRLS copy numbered 369.
My late colleague Michael Brook drew my attention to this item.
I hope to improve this entry by listing the wood-engravings, which appear at the start of each book.
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Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 10/Apr/2019
| British Library: | C.100.l.11 |
As La.
As La but 4-leaf sewn end-leaves.
As La.
Foolscap 2o: 13 ¼"× 8½", top edge only trimmed and gilt, sewn head- and tail-bands, white wove, F J Head & Co; type and illustrations as La; sewn on 5 cords, full bound in black vellum, spine gold-blocked: ‘THE APOCRYPHA CRESSET PRESS’; the volume is provided with a special fleece-lined case of 2 compartments, the smaller containing a portfolio with 14 proofs of illustrations in the book, on tissue, each proof protected by an individual folder and most of them signed by the artists; portfolio and case covered in black buckram.
B.L. copy numbered 'out of series'.
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