| British Library: | P.P.1804.hha |
| Curwen Press: | P7 |
| British Library: | P.P.1804.hha |
| Curwen Press: | P7 |
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OVER THE POINTS A Quarterly Review of matters concerning THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY Written by E. P. Leigh-Bennett. [decorative rule] No. 1. MARCH 1929 [rule] [text starts here]
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1-18 [+2].
Crown 4o: 9"×6¾" after binding; trimmed, white laid, no mark; 12(+2)pt. Baskerville; large decorative initials, line block illustrations; wrappers, wove paper, upper wrapper printed: ‘[within black and green ruled frame] OVER THE POINTS A Quarterly Review of matters concerning the SOUTHERN RAILWAY MARCH 1929 [in green] Written by E. P. LEIGH-BENNETT PUBLISHED BY THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY WATERLOO STATION’
Nos.1-34 published quarterly, March, June, September, December; No.35 appeared 1 month late, October 1935 owing to the death of the first Editor.
Nos.36-39 edited by Michael Gifford, published 1936? January, April, July, October; 1939, no October issue due to outbreak of 2nd World War, 43, January 1940, 44, April 1940; No. 36 onwards paper white wove, no mark.
Nos.37-41 bear name of artist, Victor Reinganum, on title-page, as also on the wrappers of some earlier copies.
Various changes of wrapper design; title-page design remains constant; title-page sometimes appears on recto of 2nd or 3rd leaf.
Occasional inserts of loaded paper, with halftone illustrations.
'Probably the first regular customer house journal that a railway company ever issued' see Simon 1973 pp.183-228.
Robin Phillips, 1963