1929 Ly special edition

Copies examined

British Library: C.98.h.36
Curwen Press: K3

Title page

[A]2r

THE WOODCUT | AN ANNUAL | EDITED BY HERBERT FURST | [line] | PUBLISHED BY THE FLEURON LIMITED | 101 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON | No III 1929

Colophon

L4r

. . . on hand-made paper | eighty copies, of which seventy five | are for sale. . .

Collation

[A]4([A]1+1) B-L4; rear endleaves are 4-leaf blank sewn section.

Pagination

[8] 1-11 [12] 13-16 [17] 18-31 [32] 33-5 [36-7] 38 [39] 40-1 [42] 43-7 [48-50] 51 [52-4] 55 [56] 57 [58-66] 67 [68] 69 [70] 71 [72-4] 75 [76] 77-8 [+2].

Technical description

Imperial 8o: 11 "×7 ½", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband white wove, Curwen Press + unicorn; 14(+3)pt. Baskerville; line block illustrations, including one on insert in [A] signed in pencil by John Nash; casing, red buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘THE | WOOD- | CUT | No.III’.

Notes

4 issues published, I-IV, 1927-30, see Simon 1956 p.85.

For other issues see Jzc, Kzd, and Mzd.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1929 Lya ordinary edition

Copies examined

British Library: C.98.h.36
Curwen Press: K7

Title page

[A]2r

As Ly.

Colophon

L4r

THIS EDITION CONSISTS OF 450 COPIES | FOR SALE IN ENGLAND BY THE FLEURON | LIMITED & 300 COPIES FOR SALE IN THE | UNITED STATES BY RANDOM HOUSE INC. | . . . | BINDING PAPER DESIGNED AND | ENGRAVED ON WOOD | BY | ALTHEA WILLOUGHY.

Collation

As Ly but no insert in [A]; normal endleaves front and back..

Technical description

Imperial 8o: 10¾" " × 7⅜", trimmed white wove, no mark; type and illustrations as Ly but without frontispiece; casing, spine black cloth gold-blocked as Ly; boards black patterned paper.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963