1947 ZEv

Copies examined

British Library:	10858.g.27
Curwen Press:	G30

Title page

[A]2^v

[within 42pt. border of decorative rule + 3 rules] [lines 1 and 2 in red] THE ORDER | OF RELEASE | THE STORY OF | JOHN RUSKIN, EFFIE GRAY | AND | JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS | TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME | IN THEIR | UNPUBLISHED LETTERS | EDITED BY | ADMIRAL | SIR WILLIAM JAMES, G.C.B. | [in red] * | LONDON | JOHN MURRAY | 1947

Imprint

[A]2^v

Collation

[A]¹⁰ B-R⁸; inserts after [A]1 B2 C8 E5 G3 H8 K5 M2 N6 O2 O8 Q6.

Pagination

[i-ix] x [xi-xii,1] 2-11 [12] 13-8 [19] 20-46 [47] 48-95 [96] 97-119 [120] 121-32 [133] 134-49 [150] 151-7 [158] 159-70 [171] 172-7 [178] 179-93 [194] 195-202 [203] 204-12 [213] 214-28 [229] 230-8 [239] 240-58 [259-61] 262-4.

Technical description

Demy 8^o: 8⅜" × 5¾", trimmed, top edge blue, white wove, Basingwerk Parchment; 11 didot Walbaum (12pt. setting); collotype illustrations on inserts; casing, blue cloth, spine blocked in silver: ‘THE | ORDER | OF | RELEASE | * | JAMES | * | JOHN | MURRAY’; printed dust-jacket.

Legal deposit date

6/Jan/1948

See also

John Murray, London
Millais, John Everett, Sir, 1829–1896 NPG ODNB
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 IMDb NPG ODNB
Walbaum
Walbaum, 11 didot

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 25/Jun/2011