1946 ZDg

Copies examined

British Library: 12208.a.4/22
Curwen Press: F42

Title page (including series)

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[within a decorative rule border] HERALDRY | IN ENGLAND | By | ANTHONY WAGNER | Richmond Herald | The KING PENGUIN Books | PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED | LONDON AND NEW YORK | 1946

Imprint

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... | Text pages printed at | THE CURWEN PRESS LTD., | PLAISTOW | .. | Colour Plates | Blocks by THE ENGRAVERS GUILD LTD. | Printed by EDMUND EVANS LTD. | Cover design by | WILLIAM GRIMMOND | ...

Series

King Penguin Books no.K22

Collation

[1]8 210 38.

Pagination

[1-4] 5-35 [+17].

Technical description

Crown 8o: 7¼" × 4¾", trimmed, white wove, no mark, [3] is of white loaded paper; 9(+1)pt. Baskerville; line block illustrations, colour halftones on loaded leaves; casing, buff paper printed in black yellow peach green red and blue; around borders of upper and lower boards and up spine except where title is, printed in peach-colour; up spine in black: ‘*HERALDRY*IN*ENGLAND* | [a mounted armed knight on caparisoned steed, on sward] | BY ANTHONY WAGNER [lettering black, remainder black + colours];’ lower cover: ‘[blue angel bearing royal standard of England].

Notes

King Penguin serial no. K22.

Douglas Ball, Aberystwyth, reported 1/Apr/1977 that R. & R. Clark printed reprints 1953 etc..

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 10/Mar/2008