| British Library: | Cup.501.bb.6 |
| Curwen Press: | G23 |
| British Library: | Cup.501.bb.6 |
| Curwen Press: | G23 |
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THE HISTORY OF [in red] Johnson and Phillips A ROMANCE OF SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS BY COLLIN BROOKS LONDON [decorative rule in red] PRIVATELY PRINTED 1950
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[A]8 B-O8; inserts after [A]1(2) [A]8 B6 C2 C8 E1 E3 F8 G2 G8 H8, conjugate pair after H4, after E8 2 conjugate pairs tipped in one beside the other, and 1 conjugate pair after O8.
[i-ix] x-xi [xii] 1-211 [+1].
Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, artificial head- and tail-bands,white laid, Abbey Mills, inserts after [A]1 and O are of text paper, those following E8 are Abbey Mills laid, the first grey the second green, the remainder white wove, no mark; 12(+1)pt. Baskerville; collotype illustrations on wove inserts, line block on first insert after [A]1; casing, blue buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘[flowers and double fillet] THE HISTORY OF Johnson and Phillips COLLIN BROOKS [double fillet + flowers]’, upper cover gold-blocked with Johnson & Phillips circular trade mark 2¼" diameter; printed dust-jacket.
Johnson and Phillips traded as electrical engineers and cable makers.
B.L. copy bound on 5 bands in red calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with signatures of Chairman, Joint Managing Director, and 6 members of the Board on a leaf before the t.p.; possibly copies with this leather binding were made for presentation to senior staff.
5/Apr/1952
Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 25/Jul/2011
