| Curwen Press: | C48 |
| Curwen Press: | C48 |
[1]5r
THE LADY WHO LOVED INSECTS TRANSLATED FROM THE JAPANESE BY ARTHUR WALEY DRY-POINTS BY HERMINE DAVID London The Blackamore Press 1929
[1]5v
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THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO 550 COPIES OF WHICH 50 SIGNED COPIES ARE PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER SPECIALLY BOUND, NUMBERED 1-50 THIS COPY IS NUMBER [space for serial number]
[1]6 [2]8 [3]6; endleaves at end are 4 blank leaves sewn as section; at front 1 pair of leaves tipped in as normal.
[12] 11-33 [+5].
Foolscap 4o: 8⅛" × 5¾", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband, white wove, Pannekoek Holland; 12(+7)pt. Walbaum hand set; 4 drypoint illustrations; casing, beige silk on bevelled boards, spine gold-blocked: ‘THE LADY WHO LOVED INSECTS’, and on upper cover: ‘[within a frame, the lettering reading downwards in vertical lines, starting on left] THE LADY WHO LOVED INSECTS’; slip-case covered in brown paper.
One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.
Curwen copy numbered 216; on Drypoint see Curwen 1934 p.24-5; 'an attempted excursion into printing a book with almost Japanese delicacy' see Simon 1956 p.68; 'a first commission from J. E. Pouterman, whose friendship was to prove of fundamental importance in the development of Oliver's views on art' Balston, 1951 p.33'.
NPG ODNB
Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 18/Mar/2018
| British Library: | 11093.c.18 |
As Lm.
As Lm, but rear endleaves are 2 pairs of leaves tipped in next to each other, not sewn as section.
As Lm.
As Lm but paper white wove, Curwen Press + Unicorn; casing covered in green silk; slip-case covered in green paper.
B.L. copy numbered "Out of series".
NPG ODNBRobin Phillips, 1963, revised 18/Mar/2018