1952 ZJa

Copies examined

British Library:	12516.r.31
Curwen Press:	R2

Title page

[A]2^r

[within a double-rule border] BUBU | OF MONTPARNASSE | BY | CHARLES-LOUIS PHILIPPE | WITH ILLUSTRATIONS | BY LEONARD ROSOMAN | INTRODUCTION BY ALAN ROSS | [decorative rule] | WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON LTD | 7 CORK STREET, LONDON, W.1

Imprint

[A]2^v

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH | BY LAURENCE VAIL

Series

[A]1^r

THE | ILLUSTRATED NOVEL | LIBRARY

Collation

[A]⁸ B-G⁸ H⁴; inserts after [A]1 B4, and pairs around C E & G.

Pagination

[i-v] vi-xiv [xv-xviii,1] 2-13 [14] 15-24 [25] 26-32 [33] 34-45 [46] 47-55 [56-9] 60-4 [65] 66-75 [76] 77-86 [87] 88-97 [98] 99-101 [+1].

Technical description

Demy 8^o: 8¼" × 5⅛", trimmed, top edge red, white wove, no mark, inserts of thinner white wove; 12(+1)pt. Bembo; lithograph illustrations in brown on inserts; casing, red cloth, 1½" black panel on spine, gold-blocked: ‘BUBU | of | Montparnasse | CHARLES- | LOUIS | PHILIPPE | [then at foot of spine] WEIDENFELD | and | NICOLSON’; printed dust-jacket.

See also

Bembo
Bembo, 12pt.
Philippe, Charles-Louis, 1874–1909
Rosoman, Leonard NPG ODNB
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised d/mmm/200?