1950 ZHg

[A]⁴ B-L⁸.

[i-vi] vii-viii, 1-160.

Demy 8^o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, white laid, Chantry; 12(+1½)pt. Bembo; paper wrappers made onto the pastedown endleaves, printed in black and dull red, down spine in red: ‘LONDON TRADES COUNCIL | [then horizontal] 1860– | 1950 | [black rule] | [then downwards dull red] A HISTORY [then horizontal, block: Lawrence and Wishart's mark]’, and upper cover printed dull red all over except for 10pt rule, 1¼" from spine, left white, and black lettering as follows: ‘London | Trades | Council | 1860–1950 | [rule linking up with rule on spine] | A HISTORY | Special edition for the London Trades Council, Not for public sale [vertical rule] 3/6’.

Copac identifies George Tate as the main author.

• Bembo
  • 1495, by Francesco Griffo of Bologna, for Aldus Manutius's De Aetna of Cardinal Bembo;
  • 1929, Monotype
  • See Simon 1956 pp.41-2,Moran 1971 pp.139-41 154.
• Bembo, 12pt.
• Lawrence & Wishart