1947 ZEb edition in boards

Copies examined

British Library:	W.P.7617/61
Curwen Press:	B25

Title page (including series)

[1]₁^r

[coloured border depicting forts and palm trees, with flags of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Transjordan; lettering within] THE ARABS | TEXT BY[space] ILLUSTRATIONS BY | R.B.Serjeant [space] Edward Bawden | [swelled rule] | [line of Arabic script ?translation of the title?] | A PUFFIN PICTURE BOOK

Imprint

verso of front endleaf

Collation

[1-2]⁸.

Pagination

None.

Technical description

Foolscap 4^o: 7¼" × 8¾", trimmed white wove, no mark; 12(+4½)pt. Imprint; lithograph illustrations, alternate openings in colour, i.e. pages 1 4 5 8 9 12 13 and 16 of each section, and also on endleaves; casing, printed paper on millboard, trimmed flush, printed in colour with design bled over both boards, lettering on covers as follows: ‘[near top] THE ARABS | [then near bottom border] by R.B.Serjeant | and Edward Bawden’.

Notes

Illustrations probably autolithograph; B.L. Catalogue states this is no.61 of Puffin Picture Books series.

Puffin serial no. PP61.

Legal deposit date

4/Dec/1947