1951 ZIf

Copies examined

British Library: 2719.x.9769
Curwen Press: C61

Title page

[A]2r

PENNY RATE | ASPECTS OF BRITISH | PUBLIC LIBRARY HISTORY | 1850 – 1950 | BY | W.A. MUNFORD | City Librarian, Cambridge | 'He who passes much of his time amid such vast | resources, and does not aspire to make some | small addition to his library . . . must indeed | be not more animated than a leaden Mercury.' | ISAAC D'ISRAELI | LONDON | [double rule] | THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | 1951

Imprint

[A]2v

Collation

[A]8 B-K8.

Pagination

[i-iv] v-ix [x] 1-150.

Technical description

Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, artificial headband, white laid, Chantry; 12(+1)pt. Bembo; casing, dark green cloth. gold-blocked on spine: ‘[dot and fillet] | PENNY | RATE | BY | W. A. | MUNFORD | [fillet and dot] | The | Library | Association’; printed dust-jacket.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963