1940 We1/5

Copies examined

British Library: P.P.5939.car.
Curwen Press: Q4

Title page

[1]2r

HORIZON | EDITED BY CYRIL CONNOLLY | Vol.I. No.5. May 1940 | CONTENTS | [remainder of page is Contents List].

Imprint

lower wrapper verso at foot

Collation

[1-5]8; insert after [4]8.

Pagination

[3] 306 [307-8] 309-82.

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed,white laid, no mark; 12pt. Caslon; line block in colour on insert; paper wrappers printed blue up spine: ‘HORIZON No.5 May 1940’, and on upper wrapper: ‘[within ½" decorative frame] Horizon | REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND ART | [list of contributors] | MONTHLY : ONE SHILLING NET | MAY VOL.I, No.5   1940 | Edited by Cyril Connolly’, and lower wrapper: advertisement.

Notes

Issues 1-4 printed by Witherley and Company Ltd, London.

From No.8 (the first of Vol.II) type is 12pt. Bembo

Nos.93-4 (Oct 1947) is a double issue, so also nos.120-1, the final issue; an index was printed for nos.1-108(1940-48).

Various changes of wrapper design occurred, but the t.p. design remained constant.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963