1930 Mg

Copies examined

British Library: Cup.510.f.16
Curwen Press: E35

Title page

[1]3r

Collected Poems | 1912 – 1925 | * | John Rodker | The Hours Press | Paris * 1930

Imprint

[1]3v

Limitation

THE INITIALS ARE DESIGNED BY EDWARD | WADSWORTH . CONSTRUCTIONS FOR COVER | BY LEN LYE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALFRED | CRACKNELL. THE EDITION IS LIMITED TO | 200 COPIES FOR SALE OF WHICH | THIS COPY IS NUMBER [space for serial number] THE TYPE HAS | BEEN DISTRIBUTED | [ms signature of John Rodker]

Collation

[1-6]4; [6]3 appears as insert before [1]2; in Curwen copy it remains in [6].

Pagination

None.

Technical description

Royal 8o: 10¼" × 6½", top edge only trimmed, white laid, Ellerslie; 14pt. Caslon with decorative initials; casing, spine black leather gold-blocked up: ‘JOHN RODKER 1930 COLLECTED POEMS’, boards printed black collotype with a photographic design.

Notes

Curwen copy lacks casing; B.L. copy is numbered 75.

Curwen Works note attached to [6]1v in Curwen copy: John Rodker, 240, 10 July 1930.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963