| British Library: | 12208.a.4 |
| Curwen Press: | F44 |
| British Library: | 12208.a.4 |
| Curwen Press: | F44 |
| British Library: | W2/1916 DSC |
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BALLOONING BY C.H. GIBBS-SMITH COMPANION ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY [block 3¼" × 3½": reproduction of a wood engraving showing a marriage taking place in the carriage of a balloon] WITH THIRTY-TWO PLATES [swelled rule] PENGUIN BOOKS · LONDON MCMXLVIII
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TEXT PAGES PRINTED AT THE CURWEN PRESS, PLAISTOW COLOUR PLATES MADE BY JOHN SWAIN AND SON LTD, BARNET, HERTS AND PRINTED BY BALDING AND MANSELL, WISBECH, CAMBS COVER DESIGNED BY MARIAN MAHLER MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
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THE KING PENGUIN BOOKS ...
[1]4 [2-3]8 [4-7]4.
[1-8] 9-39 [+33].
Crown 8o: 7" × 4½", trimmed, white wove, no mark, sections [4-7] of loaded paper; 10+1pt. Bembo; line blocks and diagrams in text, halftone illustrations in [4-7], 1v and 4v of [4-7] and 2v and 3r of [4-6] with colour halftones; casing, white paper printed in blue red and black with pattern of different balloons, including lettering up spine: ‘BALLOONING’ and in panel on upper cover: ‘BALLOONING * A KING PENGUIN’
B.L. copy at 12208.a.4 is legal deposit copy.
King Penguin serial no.K.36.
15/Nov/1948
see also:
Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 2/Feb/2019