1932 Oe ordinary edition

Copies examined

University of London Research Library Services:
Curwen Press: D32

Title page

[A]3r

HOLBROOK JACKSON | [swelled rule] | THE FEAR OF BOOKS | LONDON | THE SONCINO PRESS | NEW YORK | CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS | 1932

Imprint

[A]3v

Limitation

[A]1v

This edition of The Fear of Books is limited | to 2000 copies numbered 1 to 2000 and | 48 special copies signed by the author and | printed on J Barcham Green's hand-made | paper numbered I to XLVIII | This is number [space for serial number]

Collation

[A]6 B-N8 O4.

Pagination

[i-ix] x [xi-xii,1] 2-26 [27] 28-59 [60-1] 62-87 [88-9] 90-119 [120-1] 122-35 [136-7] 138-68 [169] 170-89 [190-3] 194-9 [+1].

Technical description

Medium 8o: 9" × 5¾", trimmed, top edge gilt, artificial headband, white wove, no mark; 12(+3)pt. Bembo; casing, red buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘THE | FEAR | OF | BOOKS | By | Holbrook | Jackson | Soncino | Press | & | Scribners’.

Note

Curwen copy apparently un-numbered; U.L.L. copy numbered 1823.

See also

1932 Oea special signed edition

Copies examined

British Library: 011899.cc.15
Curwen Press: D32

Title page

[A]3r

As Oe.

Limitation and imprint

As Oe.

Collation and pagination

As Oe.

Technical description

As Oe but: top edge only trimmed and gilt, sewn head and tail bands, white wove, F J Head Hand-made; full binding dark green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, 3 cords, 5 bands, gold tooling, 2nd panel: ‘THE | FEAR | OF | BOOKS’, and in 3rd panel: ‘HOLBROOK | JACKSON’, also gold fillets around squares of each board.

Note

Curwen copy apparently un-numbered; U.L.L. copy numbered 1823.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963