| Curwen Press: | G39 |
| Curwen Press: | G39 |
| British Library: | C.105.c.12 |
| Durham University Library: | Hall 0125 |
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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
[a]8 b4 B-Z 2A8 2B4; inserts after B3 D5 G8 I3 O6 P3 R7 T8.
(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].
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.
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.
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Robin Phillips, 1963
| Curwen Press: | G39 |
| British Library: | C.105.c.12 |
| Durham University Library: | Hall 0126 |
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As Sh1. but ... VOLUME II ...
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[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].
[A]8 B-Z 2A-2C8.inserts after B2 F3 H3 L2 P1 R8 X8 2A8.
[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].
As Sh1 but for volume number 'II'.
Robin Phillips, 1963