1950 ZHm

[A]¹² B⁸ C¹² D⁸ E-F⁴ G-N⁸ O-P⁴ Q-R⁸ S⁴ T-Z⁸ 2A-2D⁸ 2E¹⁰; inserted conjugate pairs around sections [A] C E G M P S U 2A 2C.

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Royal 8^o: 9¾" × 6¾", trimmed, top edge yellow,white loaded paper, inserts of thicker loaded paper; 11(+3)pt. Plantin; halftone illustrations throughout, colour photogravures on inserts; casing, unbleached buckram blocked in brown and red, up spine in brown: ‘THE STORY OF ART’, and at foot in red: ‘PHAIDON’, and on upper cover, lines 1 3 and 5 brown, lines 2 4 and 6 red: ‘THE | STORY | OF | ART | BY E.H. GOMBRICH | PHAIDON’; printed dust-jacket.

Curwen index lists this under 1950 despite the legal deposit date a month earlier; my own copy (1952, 4th edn. revised) comes from 3 different printers; Douglas Ball, Aberystwyth, reported 1/Apr/1977 a 1962 reprint not by Curwen Press. I suspect this publication proved so popular that, starting 1950, many reprints followed with contributions by different printers.

1/Dec/1949

• Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909–2001 IMDb Munzinger NPG ODNB
• Henry Stone and Son, Banbury
• Phaidon Press
• Plantin