[A]⁸ B-K⁸.

[13] vi-viii [1] 2-8 [9] 10-22 [23] 24-5 [26] 27-35 [36] 37 [38] 39-40 [41] 42-4 [45] 46-56 [57] 58 [59] 60-3 [64] 65-8 [69] 70-3 [74] 75-81 [82] 83-7 [88] 89-92 [93] 94-6 [97] 98-9 [100] 101-10 [111] 112-4 [115] 116-7 [118] 119-26 [127-8] 129-32 [+12].

Crown 8^o: 7⅞" × 5½", trimmed, white laid, Antique de Luxe; 11(+1)pt. Baskerville; paper wrappers, printed up spine: ‘THE BOOK-COLLECTOR'S QUARTERLY : I’, and on upper wrapper within double-rule green border: ‘THE | BOOK-COLLECTOR'S | QUARTERLY | NUMBER I: DECEMBER 1930 — FEBRUARY 1931 | EDITED BY | DESMOND FLOWER & A.J.A. SYMONS | CONTENTS | [remainder of front wrapper filled by summary of contents] | [then below border at foot] THREE SHILLINGS NET’, advertisements are printed on inside of each wrapper, and on outside of lower wrapper.

Ordinary edition described at Me1-17; limited edition at Me1a-Me8a; average print run 2,000; see Simon 1956 pp.112-3.

• Baskerville
  • 1757, by John Baskerville of Birmingham;
  • 1923, Monotype, under Morison;
  • see Simon 1956, pp.41 42 46, Simon 1973 p.169, Moran 1971 pp. 45 75.
• Baskerville, 11pt.
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]¹⁰(±[A]8) B-K⁸; 4-leaf sewn endleaves.

[17] vi-viii then remainder as Me1; insert before F1 and 2 pairs of leaves inserted after E4.

Crown 8^o: 7⅞" × 5½", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband, white wove, Curwen Press + Unicorn; 11(+1)pt. Baskerville; hand-coloured stencilled illustration on insert before F1; insert in E is type-specimen sheet by Eric Gill; casing, red buckram, gold-blocked on spine: ‘THE | BOOK- | COLLECTOR'S | QUARTERLY : I’,

Numbered Mea1 in 1963 handlist; cancel at [A]8.

• Baskerville
  • 1757, by John Baskerville of Birmingham;
  • 1923, Monotype, under Morison;
  • see Simon 1956, pp.41 42 46, Simon 1973 p.169, Moran 1971 pp. 45 75.
• Baskerville, 11pt.
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Gill, Eric, 1882–1940 NPG ODNB
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁴ B-I⁸.

[i-vii] viii [1] 2-7 [8] 9-11 [12] 13-28 [29] 30-5 [36] 37-9 [40] 41-4 [45] 46-56 [57] 58-73 [74] 75-81 [82] 83-7 [88] 89-92 [93] 94-100 [101] 102-10 [111] 112-5 [+13]..

As Me1 but wrappers have red border.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-I⁸; 4-leaf sewn endleaves at back only; 2 leaves inserted after B6, and 1 after E2.

[15] viii then as Me2.

Format, paper, type and casing as Me1a, spine blocking similar; colour photogravure; on insert after B6, protected by preceding tissue leaf with caption; insert in E bears line block illustration.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁴ B-I⁸.

[i-ix] x-xiv [1] 2-14 [15] 16-20 [21] 22-8 [29] 30-8 [39] 40-2 [43] 44-7 [48] 49-63 [64] 65-6 [67] 68-9 [70] 71-5 [76] 77-81 [82] 83-7 [88] 89-93 [94] 95-9 [100] 101-7 [108] 109-11 [+11].

As Me1 but wrappers have blue ruled border.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁴ ([A]2+π1) B-I⁸; 4-leaf sewn endleaves; insert before C4; 3 pairs of blank leaves (paper specimens) are sewn in after I3 with section I, and I4+5 is tipped onto I6, not sewn.

As Me3a.

Format, paper, type and casing as Me1a, spine blocking similar; photogravure illustration on insert in C.

[A]⁸ B-H⁸ I¹⁰.

[i-vii] viii [1] 2-22 [23] 24-8 [29] 30-56 [57] 58-60 [61] 62-4 [65] 66-75 [76] 77-92 [93] 94-100 [101] 102-9 [110] 111-20 [121-2] 123 [+9].

As Me1 but wrappers have brown ruled border.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-H⁸ I¹⁰; conjugate pairs inserted after E5 F8H4, 4-leaf sewn endleaves.

[15] viii then as Me4.

Format, paper, type and casing as Me1a, spine blocking similar; light blue hand-made paper insert after E5 (F J Head) bears type specimens; that before G1 is brownish laid paper printed with music.

[A]⁸ B-H⁸ I⁴.

[i-xv] xvi [1] 2-8 [9] 10-30 [31] 32-6 [37] 38-43 [44] 45-61 [62] 63-6 [67] 68-77 [78] 79-82 [83] 84-8 [89] 90-1 [92] 93-103 [104] 105-10 [111] 112 [113-4] 115 [116] 117 [+3].

As Me1 but white laid paper, no mark; wrappers have yellow ruled border.

C. G. probably stands for the artist Claudia Guarcio

If quarterly, issue 5 should have been December 1931.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Guercio, Claudia
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-H⁸ I⁴; 4-leaf sewn endleaves; pair of leaves inserted after [A]4, single leaves after C1 C3.

As Me5 but xvi re-numbered as xx to allow for inserted pair.

Format, paper, and type as Me1a; photogravure illustrations on inserts in C; casing in marbled cloth with red leather spine label gold-blocked: ‘[fillet] | THE | BOOK- | COLLECTOR'S | QUARTERLY | V | [fillet]’; tissue dust-jacket.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Guercio, Claudia
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xi] xii-xvi [1] 2-9 [10] 11-7 [18] 19-24 [25] 26 [27] 28-40 [41] 42-4 [45-6] 47-56 [57] 58-9 [60] 61-8 [69] 70-2 [73] 74 [75] 76-8 [79] 80-2 [83] 84 [85-6] 87-9 [+7].

As Me5; line block illustration; wrappers have brown ruled border.

C. G. probably stands for the artist Claudia Guarcio.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Guercio, Claudia
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]¹⁰ B-G⁸; 4-leaf sewn endleaves; insert after C1 and once-folded insert after E8.

[i-xv] xvii-xxi, [1] 2-9 then as Me6.

Format, paper, type and casing as Me5a; spine label similar; inserts of laid paper, in C bearing a photo-litho facsimile, after E bearing a line block facsimile; tissue dust-jacket.

C. G. probably stands for the artist Claudia Guarcio.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Guercio, Claudia
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xiv] xv-xvi [1] 2-35 [36] 37-46 [47] 48-9 [50] 51-2 [53] 54-9 [60] 61-2 [63]64-9 [70] 71-84[85] 86-9 [90] 91-2 [93] 94-6.

As Me5 but wrappers have orange ruled border.

C. G. may stand for the artist Claudia Guercio.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Guercio, Claudia
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸; pair of leaves inserted before C5; 4-leaf sewn endleaves.

[13] xx-xxii [1] 2-35 [36] 37-46 [47] 48-9 [50] 51-2 [53] 54-9 [60] 61-2 [63]64-9 [70] 71-84[85] 86-9 [90] 91-2 [93] 94-6.

Format, paper, type and casing as Me5a; spine label similar; insert of laid paper with Jonathan Cape watermark bears facsimile of letter; tissue dust-jacket.

C. G. may stand for the artist Claudia Guarcio.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Guercio, Claudia
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xiv] xv-xvi [1] 2-20 [21] 22-6 [27] 28-34 [35] 36-8 [39] 40-5 [46] 47-52 [53] 54-5 [56] 57-9 [60-1] 62-83 [84] 85-8 [89] 90-2 [93-4] 95-6.

As Me5, but wrappers have purple ruled border.

C. G. may stand for the artist Claudia Guarcio.

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Guercio, Claudia
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]¹² B-G⁸ I⁴; double endleaves front and back; insert after C4.

[22] xxi-xxii [1] then as Me8.

Format, paper, and type and casing as Me5; spine label similar; tissue dust-jacket; note at foot of contents list, [A]11^r, shows that limited edition should contain: . . . | a facsimile of a type-specimen | book produced by the Imprimerie Royale, 1740, facing | p.24 [i.e.C4^v] also a coloured wood engraving, The Dreamer of | the Age by Sir Robert Vansittart, Gregynog Press | (in preparation), facing p.72 [=F4^v].

• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Guercio, Claudia
• McCance, William, 1894–1970 ODNB
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB
• Vansittart, Robert Gilbert Vansittart, Baron, 1881–1957 Hansard IMDb Munzinger NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xiii] xiv-xvi [1] 2-11 [12] 13-24 [25] 26-36 [37] 38-41 [42] 43-58 [59-60] 61-8 [69] 70-1 [72] 73-84 [85] 86 [87] 88 [89] 90-1 [92] 93-6.

As Me5, but line block illustrations, green ruled border on wrappers.

• Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.53-60 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xv] xvi [1] 2-8 [9] 10-8 [19] 20-6 [27] 28-9 [30] 31-40 [41] 42-53 [54] 55-65 [66] 67-74 [75] 76-8 [79] 80-3 [84] 85-7 [88] 89-92 [93-4] 95 [+1].

Similar to Me5, but pp.41-53 set in 11(+1)pt. Bembo;line block and halftone illustrations; orange ruled border on wrappers.

• Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.53-60 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Bembo
  • 1495, by Francesco Griffo of Bologna, for Aldus Manutius's De Aetna of Cardinal Bembo;
  • 1929, Monotype
  • See Simon 1956 pp.41-2,Moran 1971 pp.139-41 154.
• Bembo, 11pt.
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xiii] xiv-xvi [1] 2-17 [18] 19-27 [28] 29-32 [33] 34-56 [57] 58-68 [69] 70 [71] 72-86 [87] 88 [89] 90 [91] 92-3 [94] 95-6.

Similar to Me5; line block illustrations; blue ruled border on wrappers.

• Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.53-60 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xv] xvi [1] 2-7 [8] 9-21 [22] 23-31 [32] 33-40 [41] 42 [43] 44-51 [52] 53-60 [61] 62-9 [70] 71-80 [81] 82 [83-5] 86-91 [92] 93-6.

Similar to Me5, line block and halftone illustrations; brown ruled border on wrappers. and lettering on upper wrapper in brown.

• Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.53-60 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-C⁸ C(again!)-F⁸.

[i-xiii] xiv-xvi [1] 2-6 [7] 8-22 [23] 24-30 [31] 32-41 [42] 43-4 [45-6] 47-69 [70] 71-5 [76] 77-80 [81] 82-6 [87] 88-90 [91] 92-3 [94] 95 [+1].

Similar to Me5, but line block illustration; paper wrappers printed brown up spine like Me1, and on upper cover in brown: ‘The | Book-Collector's | Quarterly | EDITED BY | DESMOND FLOWER AND A.J.A. SYMONS | NUMBER XIII : JAN. – MARCH 1934 | [swelled rule] | ENGLISH BOOKBINDING | NUMBER | PRICE THREE SHILLINGS NET’ on lower wrapper an advertisement in brown, and inside both wrappers an advertisement in black, otherwise technical details as Me5.

Error in signing of quires.

• Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.53-60 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xi] xii [1] 2-10 [11] 12-24 [25] 26-34 [35] 36-53 [54] 55-9 [60] 61-3 [64] 65-72 [73] 74-5 [76-7] 78-90 [91] 92-6 [97] 98-9 [+1].

Similar to Me5, line block illustrations; wrappers similar to Me13 but in red.

• Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.53-60 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xiii] xiv-xvi [1] 2-16 [17] 18-33 [34] 35-41 [42] 43-58 [59] 60-7 [68] 69-78 [79] 80-91 [92] 93-5 [+1].

Similar to Me1 but white wove, no mark; 11(+1)pt. Baskerville; line block illustrations; wrappers like Me13 but ruled border in blue.

• Baskerville
  • 1757, by John Baskerville of Birmingham;
  • 1923, Monotype, under Morison;
  • see Simon 1956, pp.41 42 46, Simon 1973 p.169, Moran 1971 pp. 45 75.
• Baskerville, 11pt.
• Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.53-60 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-xiii] xiv-xvi [1] 2-18 [19] 20-3 [24] 25-9 [30] 31-40 [41] 42-8 [49] 50-7 [58] 59-63 [64] 65-72 [73] 74-8 [79] 80-5 [86] 87-9 [90] 91-3 [+1].

Similar to Me15, but wrappers printed in red.

• Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.53-60 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Cassell and Company, London
  • Desmond Flower, partner from 1930, later Chairman, was a friend of Oliver Simon. see Simon 1973 pp.208-10.
• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB

[A]⁸ B-G⁸.

[i-vii] viii [1] 2-16 [17] 18-23 [24] 25-8 [29] 30-5 [36] 37-46 [47] 48-57 [58] 59-63 [64] 65-9 [70] 71-4 [75] 76-7 [78] 79-86 [87] 88-90 [91] 92-3 [+3].

Similar to Me5, but wrappers in green similar to Me15.

Editors' names reversed; Cassell and Co. no longer listed as a publisher; perhaps this reflects changed financial support.

I am assured that there is no 'line of descent' between this title and the later Book Collector, which started publication in 1952 and grew out of Reginald Horrox's 1947 Book Handbook.

• First Edition Club, London
  • Founded by A. J. A. Symons
• Flower, Desmond, 1907– NPG
  • Partner in Cassells, later Chairman, friend of Oliver Simon.
• Freedman, Barnett, 1901–1958 NPG ODNB
  • see Gilmour (1977) pp.66-74 and Simon (1973) p.215
• Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941 NPG ODNB