1940 Wk

Copies examined

British Library:
Curwen Press: ??

Title page

A2r

LA | FRANCE LIBRE | LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ | [double rule] | Vol. 1, No. 1 15 novembre 1940 Prix 2/- | [double rule] | [text starts here]

Imprint

F8v

Printed in Great Britain at The Curwen Press Ltd., Plaistow, London, and published in Great Britain by | Hamish Hamilton Limited, 90 Great Russell Street, W.C.1, for the proprietors, The L.F.L. Publishing | Company Ltd., 15 Queensberry Place, S.W.7

Collation

A-F8; inserts before B1 and C1.

Pagination

[1-2] 3-98 [+2] including inserts.

Technical description

Crown 4o: 9¾" × 7¼", trimmed, white wove, no mark, inserts of loaded paper; 12(+2)pt. Baskerville; line and halftone illustrations; paper wrappers printed in black with red white and blue decoration.

Notes

L.F.L. Publishing Company stands for "La France Libre"

Continues in similar style monthly, 2 volumes a year, till from Vol.IX No.54, 16 Avril 1945, the t.p. bears the names: ‘DIRECTEUR: ANDRÉ LABARTHE. SECRETAIRE DE LA REDACTION: RAYMOND ARON’, wrapper design remains constant after a change of style towards the end of Vo.II.; final issue appears to be Vol.XI No.62, Decembre 1945.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963