| Curwen Press: | M15 |
| Curwen Press: | M15 |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE KING LEAR ILLUSTRATED BY YUNGE WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G.K.CHESTERTON DAVID MAGEE : SAN FRANCISCO
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This edition is limited to 240 copies : 30 special copies (of which 25 are for sale), numbered I to XXX, signed by G. K. Chesterton and contain- ing an extra set of the illustrations printed on Japanese paper, signed by the artist; 210 copies (of which 200 are for sale) printed on J. Bar- cham Green's hand-made paper, numbered 31 to 240. This is number [space for serial number and signatures]
[A]8 B-H8 I10; endleaves front and back are a 4-leaf blank sewn section.
[i-vii] viii-x [xi-xiv,1] 2-6 [7-8] 9-14 [15-6] 17-20 [21-2] 23-32 [33-4] 35-7 [38] 39-58 [59-60] 61 [62] 63-72 [73-4] 75-84 [85] 86 [87-8] 89-90 [91-2] 93-112 [113-4] 115 [116] 117-30 [131-2] 133-4.
Elephant 4o: 13" × 10½", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband, white wove, F J H; 18pt. Baskerville; 10 line block illustrations; casing, red buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘Shakespeare KING LEAR Illustrated by Yunge David Magee’; in a brown laid paper folder are proofs on Japanese paper of all the illustrations.
Works note dated 2/Oct/1930: quantity 240.
Curwen copy not numbered, but signed by Chesterton and artist; apparently not in B.L.
Robin Phillips, 1963
