B35705

Shelfmark

Kx.4.23

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy: Kx.4.24]

Author

Hardy

Title

Selected poems of Thomas Hardy /, with portrait & title page design engraved on the wood by William Nicholson.

Edition

Medici Society ed.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London ;, Liverpool ;, Boston :, Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society Ltd.,, 1921.

Physical description

144 p. :, engraving, vignette ;, 23 cm.

Series statement

(Ricardi Press)

Note

See Purdy, p. 187.

Note

Original white quarter cloth over blue paper covered boards ; title labels pasted to spine and front board.

Note

"Of this edition of the Selected poems of Thomas Hardy have been printed in the Riccardi fount on hand-made Riccardi Paper 1025 copies, of which 1000 only are for sale, and upon vellum 14 copies, of which 12 are for sale" - from limitation page.

Provenance

With a newspaper cutting, an extraneous leaf featuring the 1921 drawing of Hardy by William Nicholson, and a leaf from the auction catalogue loosely inserted.

Copy-specific note

Auction catalogue leaf identifies this copy as "No. 291 of 1025 copies", however the copy is not numbered and it is unclear how this was ascertained.

Added entry--name

Nicholson, illustrator.

Added entry--name

George Philip, publisher.

Added entry--name

Medici Society

Added entry--place

England, London.

Additional copy

[Another copy: Kx.4.24]

001B35705

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aKx.4.23

098##$a[Another copy: Kx.4.24]

100##$aHardy

24510$aSelected poems of Thomas Hardy /$cwith portrait & title page design engraved on the wood by William Nicholson.

250##$aMedici Society ed.

260##$aLondon ;$aLiverpool ;$aBoston :$bPhilip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society Ltd.,$c1921.

300##$a144 p. :$bengraving, vignette ;$c23 cm.

4901#$aRicardi Press

500##$aSee Purdy, p. 187.

500##$aOriginal white quarter cloth over blue paper covered boards ; title labels pasted to spine and front board.

500##$a"Of this edition of the Selected poems of Thomas Hardy have been printed in the Riccardi fount on hand-made Riccardi Paper 1025 copies, of which 1000 only are for sale, and upon vellum 14 copies, of which 12 are for sale" - from limitation page.

561##$aWith a newspaper cutting, an extraneous leaf featuring the 1921 drawing of Hardy by William Nicholson, and a leaf from the auction catalogue loosely inserted.

590##$aAuction catalogue leaf identifies this copy as "No. 291 of 1025 copies", however the copy is not numbered and it is unclear how this was ascertained.

700##$aNicholson$eillustrator.

710##$aPhilip$epublisher.

710##$aMedici Society

752##$aEngland$dLondon.