1932 Oa

Copies examined

Curwen Press: A7

Copies located

British Library: 011899.cc.14

Title page

[A]3r

THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA | BY HOLBROOK JACKSON | LONDON | THE SONCINO PRESS | 1932

Imprint

[A]3v

First Published (in two volumes), November 1930 | Second Edition, December 1930 | Third Edition, revised (in one volume), September 1932

Collation

[A]8 B-Z8 2A-2Z8 3A-3G8 3H12.

Pagination

[i-vii] viii-xv [xvi.1] 2-19 [20-1] 22-35 [36-7] 38-48 [49] 50-63 [64-5] 66-89 [90-1] 92-101 [102-3] 104-33 [134-5] 136-53 [154-5] 156-85 [186-7] 188-212 [213] 214-26 [227] 228-88 [289] 290-332 [333] 334-60 [361] 362-86 [387] 388-419 [420-1] 422-42 [443] 444-74 [475] 476-513 [514-5] 516-44 [545] 546-62 [563] 564-610 [611] 612-50 [651] 652-64 [665] 666-92 [693] 694-709 [710-1] 712-20 [721] 722-34 [735] 736-43 [744-5] 746-59 [760-1] 762-78 [779] 780-94 [795] 796-827 [828-31] 832-48 [849] 850-4 [+2].

Technical description

Demy 8o: 9" × 5½", trimmed, top edge gilt, artificial headband, white wove, no mark; 12pt. Bembo; casing, brown buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘[2 fillets] | THE | ANATOMY | OF | BIBLIO- | MANIA | [2 fillets] | BY | HOLBROOK | JACKSON | [2 fillets] | SONCINO | PRESS | [2 fillets]’.

Notes

See Simon 1973 p.253: Catalogue raisonné states this edition is in full buckram.

Curwen copy lacked casing; for first edition see Mc1 anfd Mc2.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963