| British Library: | W.P.7617/96 |
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| British Library: | W.P.7617/96 |
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outside front cover
[inside rectangular ruled border, a vertically divided field full of handwriting samples countercharged in red and grey; in a swelled rectangular frame with rule enclosing wording:] GEORGE L. THOMSON [in red] Better Handwriting [in italic script] PUFFIN PICTURE BOOK 96 [in red] [Puffin mark, centred]
outside back cover
Puffin Picture Books EDITED BY NOEL CARRINGTON [swelled rectangle similar to that on front cover, enclosing list printed in black: a selection of Puffin Picture book titles] Made and printed in Great Britain for Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, at the Curwen Press Ltd. First published in 1954. Reprinted in 1955.
[1]16, including covers.
[1] 2-31 [32].
Oblong Crown 4o: 7½" × 8¾", trimmed; paperback, stapled, white wove, no mark; 13pt. Bembo; diagrams and samples throughout in black and red; paperback, covers trimmed flush, design on front cover as above, outside back cover gives title and series details.
Not in 1963 handlist or Curwen Library.
Puffin serial no. PP96.
see also:
Robin Phillips, 1963