| British Library: | L.R.40.c.4 |
| Curwen Press: | M19 |
| British Library: | L.R.40.c.4 |
| Curwen Press: | M19 |
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DECORATIVE INITIAL LETTERS COLLECTED AND ARRANGED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A.F. JOHNSON LONDON THE CRESSET PRESS MCMXXXI
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THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO 500 COPIES OF WHICH 165 COPIES ARE RESERVED FOR AMERICA This is Number [space for serial number]
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[i-x] xi-xxiii [xxiv,1] 2-12 [13] 14-191 [192-3] 194-247 [+1].
Elephant 2o: 13⅝" × 10", top edge only trimmed and gilt, white wove, VGZ Holland; 18(+3)pt. Baskerville; line blocks, collotypes; casing, blue buckram, gold-blocked on spine with fillets dividing it into 6 panels, and lettering, in 2nd panel: ‘DECORATIVE INITIAL LETTERS’, 4th panel: ‘A. F. JOHNSON’, 6th panel: ‘THE CRESSET PRESS’, and on upper cover a large decorative initial C.
One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.
Robin Phillips, 1963