| Curwen Press: | E30 |
| Curwen Press: | E30 |
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[within a 3-rule border a fourth rule decorated with leaves at head and foot, lettering within] · THE · · NEXT · VOLUME · [rule] By Edward James [rule] [a wood fire with smoke] With decorations by Rex Whistler [rule] · MCMXXXII · · THE · JAMES · PRESS · London [lines 3 4 and 7 of lettering are copperplate script]
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[in collotype, a clenched fist among leaves, the rest in letterpress] OPUS QUARTUM This edition is limited to 525 copies, of which 25 are printed on hand-made paper and numbered 1-25: these are signed by the author and the illustrator; the remainder are printed on pure rag machine-made paper and numbered 26-525 This copy is number [space for serial number] Publication of this book was withheld until January 1933 owing to the serious illness of the author's wife
[A]8 B-F8; 4-leaf sewn endleaves..
[i-iv] v-vii [viii, 1-2] 3-8 [9-10] 11 [12] 13-14 [15] 16 [17-19] 20-29 [30] 31-39 [40-46] 47 [48] 49-56 [57-60] 61-76 [77-80] 81-83 [+5].
Imperial 8o: 11" × 7½", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband,white wove, no mark; 16(+2)pt. Baskerville italic; collotype illustrations full-page, headpieces and tailpieces; casing, white buckram gold-blocked up spine: ‘* THE NEXT VOLUME BY EDWARD JAMES *’, and on upper cover, 3 groups of small stars, and on lower cover 9 groups of 16 stars, of which 4 in each group are large
The title-page is an engraving reproduced by collotype.
Curwen Works note, undated, says 525 ordinary, 25 de luxe.
Edward James was a surrealist poet.
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Robin Phillips, 1963
| British Library: | C.102.h.8 |
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As Ok.
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As Ok.
As Ok but: red white and blue head and tail bands, white wove, Curwen Press + Unicorn; binding by Wood, London, in blue levant morocco on 5 cords, elaborate gold-tooled design on upper cover, 5 bands on spine, on-laid in red and white; slip-case covered in blue cloth, with blue morocco edges and fleecy lining.
B,L, copy is no.12, signed by author and illustrator.
NPG ODNB NPG ODNBRobin Phillips, 1963