1935 Rn

Copies examined

Curwen Press: A22

Title page

[1]3r

THE STERLINGS | OF STIRLINGSHIRE, IRELAND | AND LONDON | 1500 — 1935 | With the relative tables | of the Coninghams of Co. Derry | and of the Bartons | of Co. Fermanagh | and Bordeaux | To which are appended some Portraits | and Biographical Notes | EDITED BY W. H. W. | London | Privately Printed at | THE CURWEN PRESS | 1935

Limitation

[1]1r

Twenty copies of this book have been printed | of which this is number [space for serial number]

Collation

[1-9]4; after [2]3 and [2]4 are inserted pairs of leaves thrown out from the hinge on linen guards; [5-9] have guards around the hinge of the outer and inner pair of leaves in each section, to balance the bulk of the tipped-on illustrations; 4-leaf sewn endleaves front and back.

Pagination

[1-8] 9 [10] 11 [12] 13 [14-5] 16-7 [18] 19 [20-1] 22-3 [24] 25 [26] 27 [28-30] 31-43 [44] 45-77(rectos only) [+3]; the inserts thrown out on linen guards are counted in the paging. They are pp.15-8 and 21-4.

Technical description

Crown 4o: 10" × 7½", trimmed, white wove, Curwen Press + unicorn; 12(+2)pt. Bembo; photographic prints tipped on to rectos from [5]3 to [9]3; armorial bearings of Sir Robert Sterling tipped on to [3]2, but lacking in Curwen copy; casing, green buckram, gold-blocked up spine: ‘THE STERLINGS’.

Notes

Curwen copy examined was un-numbered and lacked arms on [3]2 and photo on [7]4.

Editor was probably William Harrison Woodward.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963