1936 Sm1 staff edition

Copies examined

Curwen Press: J22

Copies located

British Library: Wq1/0132 DSC

Title page

[A]4r

THE | WESTMINSTER | BANK | THROUGH A CENTURY | By | T. E. GREGORY | ASSISTED BY ANNETTE HENDERSON | WITH A PREFACE BY | THE HON. RUPERT E. BECKETT | [line block: Westminster Bank coat of arms] | VOLUME I | WESTMINSTER BANK LIMITED | LONDON | 1936

Imprint

[A]4v

Collation

[A]8 B-Z 2A-2C8; inserts follow [A]3 E7 F8 H1 M2 X8 and Y8; once-folded insert after Y1, conjugate pair of leaves inserted after Y2 on a guard; 4-leaf sewn endleaves.

Pagination

[9] vi [vii] viii [ix-xi] xii [1] 2-31 [32] 33-49 [50] 51 [52] 53 [54] 55-62 [63] 64-117 [118] 119-21 [122] 123-174 [175] 176-7 [178] 179 [180] 181-4 [185] 186-221 [222] 223 [224] 225-8 [229] 230-97 [298] 299-301 [302] 303-5 [306] 307-12 [313] 314-9 [320] 321 [322] 323-91 [392] 393-6 [+4].

Technical description

Royal 8o: 9¾" × 6", trimmed, artificial head- and tail-bands, white wove, no mark, inserts thicker white wove, insert after Y2 on pale green laid paper; 12pt. Baskerville; collotype illustrations on all inserts except that following Y2; line block illustrations in text; casing, maroon buckram gold-blocked on spine: ‘THE | WESTMINSTER | BANK | Through a | Century | T. E. GREGORY | VOL I’; printed dust-jacket.

Notes

Curwen Library index described Sm1 and Sm2, as 'staff edition'; the public edition, published by O.U.P. in dark green buckram I have called 'the O.U.P. edition'. Curwen Library index also mentions "60 copies on handmade paper, bound full leather" but I have not yet found such a copy to describe.

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

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 15/Apr/2008

1936 Sm2 staff edition

Copies examined

British Library: Wq1/0133 DSC
Curwen Press: J22

Title page

[A]4r

THE | WESTMINSTER | BANK | THROUGH A CENTURY | By | T. E. GREGORY | ASSISTED BY ANNETTE HENDERSON | WITH A PREFACE BY | THE HON. RUPERT E. BECKETT | [line block: Westminster Bank coat of arms] | VOLUME II | WESTMINSTER BANK LIMITED | LONDON | 1936

Imprint

[A]2v

Collation

[A]4 B-X8 Y4 Z10 2A8 2B4. inserts follow [A]1 E3 I8 K4 K8 L7 N1 N6 O6 Q7 T1; twice-folded inserts after C3 E1 U7; see below for section Z; 4-leaf sewn endleaves.

Pagination

[i-v] vi [vii-viii,1] 2-19 [20] 21-3 [24] 25-109 [110] 111-128 [129] 130-5 [136] 137-40 [141-2] 143 [144] 145-57 [158] 159-86 [187] 188-202 [203] 204-36 [237] 238-73 [274] 275-89 [290-1] 292-307 [308] 309-13 [314] 315-7 [318] 319-323 [324] 325-7 328-30, followed by inserts in Z, [331-3] 334-55 [+1].

Technical description

Royal 8o: paper, type, line blocks, casing as Sm1; folded throwout inserts are same paper as text and bear diagrams and tables ; insert after I8 is on grey laid paper, with lithograph portrait; other inserts are as Sm1 on thicker white wove paper bearing collotype illustrations; insert after K4 measures 2½" × 6"; colour printing on graphs on I2v I3r; section Z: outer pair of leaves, Z1 and Z10, are of text paper, and within are 4 folded paper guards; to each of these 8 paper stubs is attached a graph printed in black red and green on thin white wove; all but Z7 and Z8 are once-folded; casing, as Sm1 but: ‘| VOL II’; printed dust-jacket.

Note

Curwen Library index described Sm1, and Sm2, as 'staff edition'; see the note under Sm1 for the (public) O.U.P. edition and the limited edition bound in full leather.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 15/Apr/2008

1936 Sm1a O.U.P. edition

Copies examined

British Library: 8234.d.9
Curwen Press: J23

Title page

[A]4r

As Sm1. but: VOLUME I | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS | LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD | 1936

Imprint

As Sm1.

Collation

As Sm1; 2C8 is pastedown; normal pair of endleaves at front.

Pagination

As Sm1.

Technical description

As Sm1 but: top edge gilt, artificial headband only; colour collotypes on inserts after [A]3 E7 and X8; all inserts sewn through instead of tipped-in; casing dark green buckram, spine label red leather gold-blocked as Sm1 but decorative fillet round edges; printed dust-jacket.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 15/Apr/2008

1936 Sm2a O.U.P. edition

Copies examined

British Library: 8234.d.9
Curwen Press: J23

Title page

[A]2r

As Sm2. but: VOLUME II | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS | LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD | 1936

Imprint

As Sm2.

Collation

As Sm2; 2C8 is pastedown; normal pair of endleaves front and back.

Pagination

As Sm2.

Technical description

As Sm2 but: colour collotype on insert after [A]; mezzotint portrait on insert after Q7; all inserts sewn through instead of tipped-in; top edge gilt, artificial headband only; casing dark green buckram, spine label red leather gold-blocked as Sm2 but decorative fillet round edges; printed dust-jacket; Sm1a and Sm2a together fit into one slip-case, covered in grey laid paper.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 15/Apr/2008