1935 Rl

Copies examined

British Library: 3455.i.33
Curwen Press: E23

Title page

f3r

A SERVICE | IN PREPARATION FOR | THE SILVER JUBILEE | OF | HIS MAJESTY | KING GEORGE V | [in gold, a decorative swelled rule] | BROADCAST FROM | THE CONCERT HALL, BROADCASTING HOUSE | 5 MAY 1935, AT 8 P.M. | [in gold a B.B.C. motif, a lion holding a winged wand with flashes] | QUONIAM REX SPERAT IN DOMINO | ET IN MISERICORDIA ALTISSIMI NON COMMOVEBITUR

Imprint

F9v

Collation

[1]12, leaves 1 and 12 are pastedowns.

Pagination

[6] 3-13 [+7].

Technical description

Demy 4o: 11" × 8", top edge only trimmed, white wove, Curwen Press + Unicorn; 12pt. Bembo with various leadings; casing, vellum, upper cover gold-blocked: ‘[printer's flowers Kzc no.114] | A SERVICE IN PREPARATION | FOR THE SILVER JUBILEE | OF HIS MAJESTY | KING GEORGE V | [block: the royal coat of arms with supporters etc.]’, cellophane wrapper.

Notes

B.L. copy re-bound, flush binding, spine blue buckram, boards grey paper.

The Silver Jubilee 6th May 1935 celebrated 25 years of George V's reign; the Latin quotation at foot of title-page comes from Psalm 21, v.7.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 5/Feb/2008