1936 Sh1

Copies examined

Curwen Press: G39

Copies located

British Library: C.105.c.12
Durham University Library: Hall 0125

Title page

[a]3r

GEORGE BORROW | LAVENGRO | THE SCHOLAR · THE GIPSY · THE PRIEST | With an Introduction | by | HUGH WALPOLE | Illustrated with sixteen lithographs in colour | and pen drawings | by | BARNETT FREEDMAN | [line block: a snake on two books] | VOLUME I | [rule] | Printed for the members of | THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB | AT THE CURWEN PRESS | LONDON | 1936

Collation

[a]8 b4 B-Z 2A8 2B4; inserts after B3 D5 G8 I3 O6 P3 R7 T8.

Pagination

(excluding inserts) [7] vi-xii [xiii] xiv-xix [xx-xxii, 1] 2-11 [12] 13-9 [20] 21-31 [32] 33-40 [41] 42-52 [53] 54-61 [62] 63-71 [72] 73-7 [78] 79-85 [86] 87-91 [92] 93-8 [99] 100-8 [109] 110-6 [117] 118-27 [128] 129-35 [136] 137-42 [143] 144-52 [153] 154-7 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-71 [172] 173-8 [179] 180-7 [188] 189-97 [198] 199-206 [207] 208-15 [216] 217-24 [225] 226-34 [235] 236-7 [238] 239-42 [243] 244-51 [252] 253-9 [260] 261-6 [267] 268-72 [273] 274-5 [276] 277-81 [282] 283-8 [289] 290-4 [295] 296-9 [300] 301-7 [308] 309-12 [313] 314-7 [318] 319-24 [325] 326-7 [328] 329-35 [336] 337-42 [343] 344-7 [348] 349-54 [355] 356-9 [360] 361-4 [365] 366-9 [370] 371-5 [+1].

Technical description

Demy 8o: 9" × 5½", trimmed, top edge gilt, artificial head- and tail-bands, white wove, no mark, inserts of thicker wove paper; 12 didot Walbaum (13pt. setting); line block illustrations; colour autolithographs on inserts and endleaves; casing, maroon cloth, spine printed with black panel 2¾" high, gold-blocked: ‘[15 fillets] | LAVENGRO | BY | GEORGE | BORROW | I | [15 fillets]’; slip-case for both volumes together in pink and black patterned paper.

Notes

Limitation notice appears in volume 2 Sh2.

B.L. copy has blind embossed stamp, probably of the Limited Editions Club, saying 'This is one of 15 presentation copies out of series'; B.L. stamp 5/Apr/1952 in green, indicating donation, not legal deposit; on autolithographs see Simon 1956 p.104.

For comments on this publication see Simon 1973 p.230.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963

1936 Sh2

Copies examined

Curwen Press: G39

Copies located

British Library: C.105.c.12
Durham University Library: Hall 0126

Title page

[A]3r

As Sh1. but ... | VOLUME II | ...

Limitation

2B8r

[line block ⅚" diameter] This edition consists of fifteen hundred copies | printed for the members of The Limited | Editions Club at The Curwen Press, London | the edition having been designed by Oliver | Simon and illustrated with pen drawings and | lithographs in colour by Barnett Freedman, | who here signs: [space for signature] | This copy is number: [space for serial number].

Collation

[A]8 B-Z 2A-2C8.inserts after B2 F3 H3 L2 P1 R8 X8 2A8.

Pagination

[7] vi-xi [xii-xiv, 1] 2-6 [7] 8-16 [17] 18-21 [22]23-6 [27] 28-9 [30] 31-4 [35] 36-8 [39] 40-2 [43] 44-8 [49] 50 [51] 52-7 [58] 59-64 [65] 66-76 [77] 78-81 [82] 83-9 [90] 91-100 [101] 102-14 [115] 116-23 [124] 125-32 [133] 134-46 [147] 148-53 [154] 155-63 [164] 165-9 [170] 171-7 [178] 179-89 [190] 191-4 [195] 196-7 [198] 199-205 [206] 207-8 [209] 210-9 [220] 221-3 [224] 225-8 [229] 230-5 [236] 237-50 [251] 252-6 [257] 258-300 [301] 302-17 [318] 319-27 [328] 329-34 [335] 336-45 [346] 347-61 [362] 363-75 [376] 377-80 [+4].

Technical description

As Sh1 but for volume number 'II'.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963