1930 Md ordinary edition

Copies examined

British Library: 011644.g.145
Curwen Press: C55

Title page

[1]4r

ASH-WEDNESDAY | BY | T. S. ELIOT | LONDON | FABER & FABER LTD. | 1930

Imprint

[1]4v

Collation

[1-3]4 [4]2; [4] is tipped in.

Pagination

[12] 9-21 [+3].

Technical description

Crown 8o: 7½" × 5", top edge only trimmed and gilt, white wove, P.M.P.; 12pt. Baskerville; casing, brown cloth, spine gold-blocked down: ‘ASH-WEDNESDAY * T.S.ELIOT’, upper cover gold-blocked: ‘[within an ornamental 4-pointed compartment] ASH | WEDNESDAY | BY | T.S.ELIOT’.

Notes

See comment in Simon, 1956 p.94.

See Simon 1973 p.248: Catalogue raisonné only mentions the Fountain Press edition Mda and omits quantities.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1930 Mda signed first edition

Copies examined

British Library: 011644.g.145
Curwen Press: C56

Title page

[1]4r

ASH-WEDNESDAY | BY | T. S. ELIOT | NEW YORK | THE FOUNTAIN PRESS INC. | LONDON | FABER & FABER LTD. | 1930

Limitation

[1]2r

This signed and first edition, printed at The Curwen | Press in March 1930, is limited to six hundred num- | bered copies. Of these, two hundred are reserved | for sale in Great Britain and four hundred for sale | in the United States of America. | This copy is number [space for serial number]

Imprint

[1]4v

Collation

[1-4]4.

Pagination

[8] 13-6 [+4] 17-28 [+4].

Technical description

Foolscap 4o: 7¾" × 5¾ ", top edge only trimmed and gilt, white laid, F J Head & Co Hand Made; 12(+3)pt. Garamond; casing, royal blue fine cloth, spine gold-blocked down: ‘ASH-WEDNESDAY * T.S.ELIOT’, and on upper cover gold-blocked: ‘[within a rhomboid decorative frame] ASH | WEDNESDAY | BY | T.S.ELIOT’.

Notes

Curwen copy lacks casing.

B.L. copy signed but not numbered.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963