1949 ZGi

Copies examined

British Library:	10109.c.29
Curwen Press:	G28

Title page

[A]2^r

HERMAN MELVILLE | [short decorative rule] | JOURNAL OF A VISIT | TO LONDON | AND THE CONTINENT | 1849 – 1850 | EDITED BY | ELEANOR MELVILLE METCALF | [block: Cohen and West's mark] | LONDON: COHEN & WEST LTD | 1949

Imprint

[A]2^v

Collation

[A]⁸ B-M⁸; insert after [A]1.

Pagination

[i-vi] vii-x [xi-xiv] xv-xvii [xviii.1-2] 3-16 [17-8] 19-35 [36] 37-76 [77] 78-80 [81-2] 83-163 [164] 165-72 [+2].

Technical description

Demy 8^o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, white wove, Basingwerk Parchment; 12(+2)pt. Baskerville; collotype portrait on insert; casing, blue cloth, spine gold-blocked: ‘[rule + decorative rule] | Visit to | London | and the | Continent | * | HERMAN | MELVILLE | [decorative rule + rule] | Edited by | E.M. METCALF | COHEN | & WEST’; printed dust-jacket.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963