[A]⁸ B-F⁸; single-leaf inserts after [A]3+8 B6 C6 D5 E2 F2.

[8] 1-85 [+3].

Crown 4^o: 10" × 7½", top edge only trimmed, artificial headband, white wove, F J Head & Co; 14(+6)pt. Baskerville with ligatures; prelims and colophon in Walbaum; hand-coloured stencilled illustrations in various opaque gouache colours on inserted leaves: full-page (frontispiece) facing t.p., 4-colour vignette on t.p., half-page on p.1, 6 more full-pages facing p.8, p.20, p.36, p.50, p.60, p.76, half-page tailpiece on p.[86]; casing, cream cloth (silk?) printed grey up spine: ‘ELSIE AND THE CHILD’, and on upper cover: ‘ELSIE AND THE CHILD | ARNOLD BENNETT’ with 8 rules in lighter grey down left margin, gradated in thickness like those on t.p.; glassine wrapper; slip-case covered in black paper with printed label.

Contains only the text of the short story so titled; see Hepburn (1981) p.106; not to be confused with the collected volume of short stories published by Cassell in 1924 under the same title; see Hepburn (1981) p.97; Bennett's contract for the 1929 limited edition Lj and Lja was for half-profit; According to Webb & Skipwith (2009) p.26 this book was the highlight of an exhibition 'Stencilling from the Curwen Press' at Zwemmers in 1931.

For use of Baskerville in text and Walbaum for display, see Simon (1956) p.46; this book combines opaque gouache colour stencilling with lithography, see Simon (1956) p.86, confirmed by Pat Gilmour in private letter; comments by Kauffer, see Simon (1973) p.215 and 248. For stencil process see Simon (1956) p. 86, Curwen (1934) pp.35-39 and Simon (1973) pp.211-7 and 248.

Catalogue raisonné 1928-30 says this book was priced 2 guineas (£2 2.s) in full cloth; Barbara Phillips's copy numbered 355, lacks slip-case.

One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.

• Baskerville
  • 1757, by John Baskerville of Birmingham;
  • 1923, Monotype, under Morison;
  • see Simon 1956, pp.41 42 46, Simon 1973 p.169, Moran 1971 pp. 45 75.
• Baskerville, 14pt.
• Bennett, Arnold, 1867–1931 IMDb NPG ODNB
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• J. Curwen & Sons, London. Centenary Exhibition (1963 : Bloomsbury)
• Kauffer, E. McKnight (Edward McKnight), 1890–1954 NPG ODNB
  • see Flower (1956) pp.40-40, Simon (1973) p.215-217, Gilmour (1977) pp.74-80 and Twemlow (2009) pp.32-34
• Walbaum
  • 1836, by J E Walbaum of Goslar, later Weimar; later sold to H. Berthold foundry Berlin; see Simon 1956 p.44, 46, 84, imported 1926 Balston 1951 p.27
  • 1934, Monotype

As Lj.

As Lj but: 4-leaf blank sewn sections of F J Head wove paper front and back as end-leaves.

As Lj.

Technical details as Lj but: top edge gilt; casing in cream cloth, printed as Lj but in chocolate colour, with light brown rules on upper cover.

B.L. copy numbered 98, signed by author and artist, slip-case missing.

To determine which version, check: Is it signed by Bennett and Kauffer and numbered 1-100? Is it numbered 101-750? Is it t.e.g.? Check slip-case and double end-leaves.

• Bennett, Arnold, 1867–1931 IMDb NPG ODNB
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• Kauffer, E. McKnight (Edward McKnight), 1890–1954 NPG ODNB
  • see Flower (1956) pp.40-40, Simon (1973) p.215-217, Gilmour (1977) pp.74-80 and Twemlow (2009) pp.32-34