1930 Mc1 ordinary edition

Copies examined

British Library: 011899.cc.14
Curwen Press: A6

Title page

[A]3r

THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA | BY HOLBROOK JACKSON | IN TWO VOLUMES | I | LONDON | THE SONCINO PRESS | 1930

Imprint

[A]3v

Limitation

[A]1v

This the First Edition of The Anatomy of | Bibliomania is limited to 1000 copies num- | bered 1-1000, and 48 special copies signed | by the Author and printed on J. Barcham | Green's hand-made paper numbered I to XLVIII | This is number [space for serial number]

Collation

[A]6 B-Z8 2A-2C8 2D10; double endleaves tipped in front and back.

Pagination

[i-vii] viii-xi [xii,1] 2-19 [20-21] 22-35 [36-7] 38-48 [49 ] 50-63 [64-5] 66-89 [90-1] 92-101 [102-3] 104-33 [134-5] 136-53 [154-5] 156-85 [186-7] 188-212 [213] 214-26 [227] 228-88 [289] 290-332 [333] 334-60 [361] 362-86 [387] 388-419 [+1].

Technical description

Medium 8o: 9¼" × 5¾", trimmed, top edge gilt, artificial headband, white laid, no mark; 12pt. Bembo; casing, maroon buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘THE | ANATOMY | OF | BIBLIOMANIA | By | Holbrook Jackson | Soncino Press’; printed dust-jacket.

Note

For later 1-volume edition see Mc.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1930 Mc1a special signed edition

Copies examined

British Library: 011900.c.56
Curwen Press: A6

Title page, limitation and imprint

[A]3r

As Mc1.

Collation and pagination

As Mc1.

Technical description

Medium 8o: 9¼" × 5¾", as Mc1 but: top edge only trimmed and gilt, white wove, F J Head Hand Made; full binding in green morocco by Wood, London, hollow back, 5 false bands on spine, gold tooling around edges and squares of boards and head and tail caps, lettering on spine panels, 2nd panel: ‘THE | ANATOMY | OF | BIBLIOMANIA’, 3rd panel: ‘HOLBROOK | JACKSON’, 4th panel: ‘I’, no dust-jacket.

Note

B.L. copy is no. VIII signed by the author.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1930 Mc2 ordinary edition

Copies examined

University of London Research Library Services: 010 [Jackson]
Curwen Press: A6

Title page

[A]3r

THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA | BY HOLBROOK JACKSON | IN TWO VOLUMES | II | LONDON | THE SONCINO PRESS | 1930

Imprint

[A]3v

Limitation

[A]1v

This the First Edition of The Anatomy of | Bibliomania is limited to 1000 copies and | 48 special copies printed on J. Barcham | Green's hand-made paper.

Collation

[A]6 B-Z8 2A-2D8 2E10; double endleaves tipped in front and back.

Pagination

[i-vii] viii-xi [xii,1] 2-22 [23] 24-54 [55] 56-93 [94-5] 96-124 [125] 126-42 [143] 144-90 [191] 192-230 [231] 232-44 [245] 246-72 [273] 274-89 [290-1] 292-300 [301] 302-14 [3125] 316-23 [324-5] 326-39 [340-1] 342-58 [359] 360-74 [375] 376-407 [408-11] 412-28 [429] 430-4 [+2].

Technical description

Medium 8o: 9" × 5¾", trimmed, top edge gilt, artificial headband, white laid, no mark; 12pt. Bembo; casing, red buckram, spine gold-blocked as Mc1 but for volume number: ‘II’; printed dust-jacket.

Note

Curwen copy lacks publisher's casing; top edge not gilt.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1930 Mc2a special signed edition

Copies examined

British Library: 011900.c.56
Curwen Press: A6

Title page, limitation and imprint

[A]3r

As Mc1a. but for volume number.

Collation and pagination

As Mc2.

Technical description

}Medium 8o: 9¼" × 5¾", as Mc1 but: top edge only trimmed and gilt, white wove, F J Head Hand Made; full binding in green morocco by Wood, London, hollow back, 5 false bands on spine, gold tooling around edges and squares of boards and head and tail caps, lettering on spine panels, 2nd panel: ‘THE | ANATOMY | OF | BIBLIOMANIA’, 3rd panel: ‘HOLBROOK | JACKSON’, 4th panel: ‘II’, no dust-jacket.

Note

B.L. copy is no. VIII signed by the author.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963