1954 ZLc Pelican edition

Copies examined

Curwen Press: K17b

Copies located

British Library: 012209.d.4/288

Title page

[A]2r

INTRODUCTION | TO | TYPOGRAPHY | BY | OLIVER SIMON | In order to succeed in an art, one | must cultivate it throughout the | whole of one's life.' — VOLTAIRE | PENGUIN BOOKS | IN ASSOCIATION WITH | FABER AND FABER

Half title

[A]1r

PELICAN BOOKS | A288 | ...

Imprint

[A]2v

... | [line 6 at head] Revised edition for Pelican Books 1954

Collation

[A]16 B-D16.

Pagination

[i-vii] viii-ix [x, 1] 2 [3] 4-10 [11] 12-3 [14-5] 16-9 [20] 21-9 [30] 31-4 [35] 36-8 [39-40] 41-2 [43] 44 [45-7] 48-50 [51-4] 55-6 [57] 58-9 [60-1] 62 [63-5] 66-8 [69] 70-2 [73-5] 76-8 [79-82] 83 [84] 85-91 [92-3] 94 [95] 96-101 [102] 103-13 [114-5] 116-7 [+1].

Technical description

Crown 8o: 7¼" × 4½", trimmed white wove, no mark; 10(+1)pt. Imprint; line block illustrations and colour printing; white card wrappers printed in blue and black on spine and both wrappers in normal Pelican style.

Note

See also other editions at ZCc, ZKj.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 10/May/2019