| British Library: | 11906.l.20 |
| Curwen Press: | K29 |
| British Library: | 11906.l.20 |
| Curwen Press: | K29 |
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[within a 5-rule border] THE CURWEN PRESS MISCELLANY [in red a unicorn Kzc no.3] Edited by Oliver Simon and published for The Curwen Press, Plaistow, by The Soncino Press Publishers, at 5 Gower Street, London 1931
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[275 printed, 225 for sale]
| type specimens | 1-33 |
| initials by J. Van Krimpen | 47-53 |
| borders, printers' flowers, etc. | 55-69 |
| numbered (128-167) | |
| Edward Bawden (157-61) | |
| Paul Nash (162-6) | |
| Harry Carter (167) | |
| Curwen Press ornaments, headpieces, vignettes, etc. | 71-83 |
| numbered (120-130) | |
| Edward Bawden (120-4) | |
| Claudia Guercio (125-8) | |
| Althea Willoughby (129-30) |
π6[A]4 B-P4 Q6 R4; inserted 4-leaf section after L; 4-leaf sewn endleaves.
[6] v-vii [viii] ix-x, 1-37(rectos only numbered) 38-44, 45-87(rectos only numbered) 88-91 [92] 93-7 [98] 99 [100] 101 [102] 103 [104] 105-15 [116-122] 123 [124] 125-36 [+4].
Imperial 8o: 11½" × 8", trimmed, artificial headband, white wove, Curwen Press + unicorn, insert white wove, F J Head & Co Hand-Made; 12(+4½)pt. Walbaum hand set; line block illustrations, hand-coloured stencilled illustrations, printing examples tipped on to leaves in Q and R; casing, brown buckram blocked with design of red and blue rules, incorporating wording on spine: ‘THE CURWEN PRESS MISCEL- LANY 1931’, and on upper cover: ‘CURWEN PRESS MISCELLANY’; slip-case in brown paper with printed label.
The numbering of specimens follows on from Kzc; see Simon 1973 pp.197-200.
Contains Catalogue Raisonné for 1928-1930.
For other Catalogues Raisonnés see Gi, Hj, Kzc, Nc; reprinted in Simon 1973 pp.232-253.
Robin Phillips, 1963
