| British Library: | 11911.dd.24 |
| Curwen Press: | K25 |
| British Library: | 11911.dd.24 |
| Curwen Press: | K25 |
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A CROSS-SECTION OF ENGLISH PRINTING [swelled rule in red] THE CURWEN PRESS 1918-1934 By HOLBROOK JACKSON Author of The Eighteen Nineties The Anatomy of Bibliomania, The Fear of Books, etc. LONDON THE CURWEN PRESS North Street, Plaistow 1935
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75 copies of this book have been printed of which 60 copies only are for sale
[1]4 [2]8 [3]4, 4-leaf sewn endleaves back and front.
[8] 1-8 [9] 10 [11] 12 [13] 14 [15-7] 18 [19-20], 21-4.
Crown 4o: 10⅛" × 7¼" trimmed, white wove, Ganymede; 14(+3)pt. Baskerville, with printing in red in [2] 1r, 6r, 7r; line blocks with hand-coloured stencilling pink yellow and 2 greens [2]4r, with brown and green stencilling [2]8r, stencilled illustration [2]8v; casing green cloth, gold-blocked up spine: ‘A CROSS-SECTION OF ENGLISH PRINTING : THE CURWEN PRESS 1918-1934’
pp.21-24
| In appendixes I–VII Jackson lists Curwen books: | |
| I decorated by Claud Lovat Fraser; | 21 |
| II illustrated by Albert Rutherston; | 21 |
| III printed in Koch Kursiv type; | 22 |
| IV printed in Walbaum type at the Curwen Press; | 22 |
| V printed and stencilled at the Curwen Press; | 23 |
| VI Curwen Press publications; | 24 |
| VII References to the Curwen Press in books and periodicals | 24 |
Jackson's account of selection of staff for the Stencil Process was felt to be misleading; see Simon (1973) p.212; from App.V he omits Ld.
9/Jul/1935
Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 31/Mar/2016
