| British Library: | 11655.a.34 |
| Curwen Press: | H17 |
| British Library: | 11655.a.34 |
| Curwen Press: | H17 |
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W. J. TURNER SEVEN SCIAGRAPHICAL POEMS * PROJECTION OF SORROW, 1 THE FLAMELESS MOON, 2 BALLAD OF AN IDEALIST, 3 TRAGIC LOVE, 7 REFLECTION, 9 SHADOWS, 10 BAZIN, 12 * Privately Printed 1929
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[in brown the mark of the Double Crown Club; text in black] SIXTY-FIVE COPIES OF THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN PRINTED AT THE CURWEN PRESS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE DOUBLE CROWN CLUB * THE HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED POEMS ARE PRINTED BY PERMISSION OF W. J. TURNER * THE BOOK IS HAND-SET IN WALBAUM TYPE AND IS PRESENTED TO MEM- BERS BY HAROLD CURWEN AND OLIVER SIMON
[1]12.
[4] 1-15 [+5].
Pott 8o: 6¼" × 4¼", trimmed,white wove, unicorn over CURWEN PRESS; 9(+5)pt. Walbaum hand set; casing, beige silk, upper cover printed in brown: ‘[printers' curves] W. J. TURNER SEVEN SCIAGRAPHICAL POEMS [printers' curves]’
W. J. Turner was a poet known personally to Oliver Simon (see Simon 1956 pp. 46, 48) In; the title-page here serves also as a contents list; after the first asterisk titles of seven poems are listed, centred, each finishing with a comma space and page-number(reproduced Simon 1956 p.35).
See Simon 1973 p.249: Catalogue raisonné describes this edition as 'privately printed by Harold Curwen and Oliver Simon for members of the Double Crown Club, 65 copies'.
B.L. ownership stamp in orange, indicating donation.
12/Apr/1930
Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 29/Mar/2018
