| British Library: | P.P.5938.bdq |
| Curwen Press: | L6 |
| British Library: | P.P.5938.bdq |
| Curwen Press: | L6 |
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[1] October 1952 Chance NEW WRITING AND ART Literary Editor: Peter Marchant Art Editor: Jack Stafford Literary Assistant: Colin Haycraft Art Assistant: Assheton Gorton [Contents list occupies next 24 lines] PUBLISHED BY JACK STAFFORD, 2 DRAYCOTT PLACE, LONDON, SW3
F8v
[at foot]
[A]8 B-F8.
[1-5] 6-20 [21] 22-95 [+1].
Demy 8o: 8½" × 5½", trimmed, white wove, Basingwerk Parchment; 11(+2)pt. Bembo; line and halftone illustrations; white wove paper wrappers printed in red and black, inside each wrapper and on lower wrapper advertisements in black; up spine: ‘[in red] OCTOBER 1952 [then black] 1st Chance’, on upper wrapper: ‘Chance 1st OCTOBER 1952 TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE [9 lines summary of contents in red] TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE OCTOBER 1952 1st Chance [at head and foot the word 'Chance' is circled with red]’.
October 1952 issue does not bear any issue number; despite description "quarterly" on t.p. of issues 2 ZJb2 (Jan 1953) and 3 ZJb3 (April-June 1953) the only other issue traced was ZJb1 (October 1952); perhaps only these 3 issues were printed.
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Robin Phillips, 1963
| British Library: | P.P.5938.bdq |
| Curwen Press: | L6 |
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[2, January 1953] Chance NEW WRITING AND ART [rule] [Contents list occupies next 20 lines] [rule] Literary Editors: Peter Marchant, Colin Haycraft. Art Editor: Jack Stafford. Advertisement Manager: Maureen Johnson. Assistants: Stephen Daneff, John Dudley, Robert Erskine, Stephen Haskell, Charles de Hoghton, Julian Mackintosh, John Mann, Robin Scott-Smith. [rule] Published quarterly by Jack Stafford from 2 Draycott Place, London, SW3 Distributed by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 90 Great Russell Street, London, WC2
lower wrapper verso
[at foot]
[1]8 [2-3]12 [4-5]8.
[1-4] 5-96.
Format, type and illustrations as ZJb1 white wove, no mark; grey wove, Nevada Mill Fine Ff1-2 and Ff11-12 of [2-3] only; light blue paper wrappers printed in black and royal blue, spine and upper wrapper similar to ZJb1 starting: ‘Chance 2nd JANUARY 1953 TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE . . .’, lower cover bears advertisement for Chance, and printer's imprint.
The grey wove paper may match one of that name from Spicers, according to the Institute of Paper and Technology, Brookline, Maryland, U.S.A.,
Robin Phillips, 1963
| British Library: | P.P.5938.bdq |
| Curwen Press: | L6 |
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[3, April-June 1953] Chance NEW WRITING AND ART [rule] [Contents list occupies next 20 lines] [rule] Art Editor: Jack Stafford. Business Manager: John Mann, Advertisement Manager: Maureen Stafford. Editorial Board: Robin Scott-Smith, Stephen Haskell, Charles de Hoghton, John Dudley, Brian Widlake, Jane Ayres, Juliet Anning. [rule] Published quarterly by Jack Stafford from 2 Draycott Place, London, SW3 Distributed by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 90 Great Russell Street, London, WC2
[5]8v
[at foot]
[A]8 B-F8.
[1-5] 6-20 [21] 22-95 [+1].
Format, type and illustrations like ZJb1; white wove, no mark; leaves 5-8 of [2] and [4] only grey wove, no mark; wrappers of orange paper printed black on upper wrapper and spine like ZJb1, the word 'Chance' at head and foot of upper wrapper circled in white, upper wrapper starting: ‘Chance 3rd APRIL-JUNE 1953 TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE . . .’.
Robin Phillips, 1963