1939 Va

Copies examined

British Library: X.639/174
Curwen Press: G35

Title page

[A]2r

CLIPPER SHIP | TO MOTOR LINER | THE STORY OF THE | NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY | 1873 - 1939 | By | SYDNEY D. WATERS | LONDON: PUBLISHED BY | THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD | (INCORPORATED IN NEW ZEALAND) Z 1939

Imprint

[A]2v

Collation

[A]10 B-H8; inserts follow [A]1 C1,7 D4 before E1, after E7 G3,4, 4-leaf sewn endleaves at front, normal at back.

Pagination

[i-xiii]xiv-xviii [xix-xx,1] 2-7 [8] 9-22 [23] 24-34 [35] 36-41 [42] 43-9 [50] 51-8 [59] 60-5 [66] 67-78 [79] 80-8 [89] 90-3 [94] 95-103 [104] 105-7 [108] 109-10 [+2].

Technical description

Crown 8o: 8" × 5½", trimmed, white wove, no mark; 12(+1)pt. Bembo; collotype illustrations on inserts; casing, maroon cloth, spine printed with black panel 3¼" × ⅝" and gold-blocked up: ‘[within border of flowers] CLIPPER TO LINER’; printed dust-jacket.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963