1931 Ng

Copies examined

Curwen Press: A23

Title page

[A]4r

THE REVELATION | OF | SAINT JOHN | THE DIVINE | * | WITH TWELVE DRAWINGS | BY | FRANCES CLAYTON | LONDON | FABER AND FABER LTD | NEW YORK | CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS | 1931

Imprint and limitation

[A]2r

(1,000)

Collation

[A]4 B-G4 H2; inserts before B3 C4 d2 D4 E2 F1 G3 H1, and conjugate pairs before C2 C3 F2 G4.

Pagination

[1-8] 9-11 [12] 13-21 [22] 23-5 [26] 27-9 [30] 31-3 [34] 35-9 [40] 41-51 [52] 53-5 [56] 57 [+3].

Technical description

Royal 8o: 9½" × 6", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 14(+3)pt. Baskerville; lithograph reproductions of pastel drawings; casing, white cloth lithographed with pastel design in black and red, lettering up aspine: ‘THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS’, on upper cover: an angel holding open a book whose pages bear wording of the title as on the spine, lower cover: a praying figure and an angel with one hand raised.

Note

Curwen copy was signed but un-numbered.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963