1955 ZMj

Copies examined

British Library: 07812.i.10
Curwen Press: S3

Title page

[1]2r

THE | PRIVATE COLLECTION | OF | SIR JAMES | CAIRD | BART | LONDON | [thick and thin rule] | PRIVATELY PRINTED | 1955

Imprint

[1]2v

Collation

[1-7]4.

Pagination

[1-5] 6-26(versos only numbered) [27] 28-30 [31] 32-4 [35] 36 [37] 38-44 [45]-54 [+2].

Technical description

Medium 4o 11¼" × 8¾", trimmed, white loaded paper; 14(+3)pt. Baskerville; halftone illustrations; casing, dark blue buckram, upper cover gold-blocked: ‘[within rule and flower border] THE PRIVATE | COLLECTION OF | SIR JAMES CAIRD | BART’; tissue dust-jacket.

Notes

Sir James Caird's collection embraced gold and silver plate, furniture, clocks, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, and paintings.

B.L. ownership stamp dated 15/Jun/1962 is in red, indicating the volume was purchased, not legal deposit.

See also

Robin Phillips, Revised 16/Apr/2007