1949 ZGk

Copies examined

British Library: 8218.aa.23
Curwen Press: G24

Title page

[A]2r

THE | LONDON | ASSURANCE | A SECOND CHRONICLE | BY | BERNARD DREW | PRINTED FOR | THE LONDON ASSURANCE | KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON | [in red, a swelled rule] | AT THE CURWEN PRESS, PLAISTOW | 1949

Collation

[A-B]8 C-Y8; inserts after [A]1 and O3, conjugate pairs around sections F M S and U, and after [B]3+5 D1+7 K2+6 L2+6 N2+6 Q2+6 and T2+6.

Pagination

[i-ix] x [xi-xiii] xiv-xv [xvi,1-3] 4-16 [17] 18-33 [34] 35-45 [46] 47-60 [61] 62-75 [76] 77-85 [86] 87-92 [93] 94-103 [104] 105-13 [114] 115-29 [130] 131-47 [148] 149-66 [167] 168-98 [199] 200-4 [205] 206-15 [216] 217-25 [226] 227-45 [246] 247-54 [255] 256-74 [275] 276-89 [290] 291-315 [316] 317-9 [320-1] 322-9 [330-1] 332-4 [+2].

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8¾" × 5½", trimmed, artificial head- and tail-bands, white wove, no mark, inserts of loaded paper; 12(+2)pt. Baskerville; halftone illustrations on inserts; casing, green cloth, 3" dark brown panel blocked on spine, with gold blocking over: ‘[within decorative border of flowers and rules] The | London | Assurance | A | SECOND CHRONICLE | BY | BERNARD DREW’; printed dust-jacket.

Note

A sequel to Drew's earlier book [1928] (not printed by Curwen) in B.L. at 08229.a.76.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963