Shelfmark
Lrr.5.26 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Lrr.5.27 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Lrr.4.17 (03) (Copy 3)
Author
Title
Reflections on rarity / by John Carter.
Varying form of title
Taste & technique - serial printings : 1948
Varying form of title
The colophon
Publication, distribution, etc.
[New York : The Colophon Ltd., 1948?].
Physical description
[18] p. ; 28 cm.
Note
Reprint of an article from "The colophon" - information from manuscript note, shelfmark Lrr.4.17 (03) [Copy 3].
Note
Date of publication from manuscript inscription [Copy 1].
Note
End of previous article on p. [1].
Note
Pagination runs from pp. 133-150.
Note
[Copy 3]: Dropped-head title.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Manuscript bookseller's price in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Manuscript inscription: "John Sparrow this whimsically filled fragment, from the writer, 15 July '48".
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Manuscript bookseller's codes and price in pencil.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Manuscript inscription: "F. C. F. in acknowledgement of some generous comment in The Library, from the writer (not of p. 133), 8 Dec '49".
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Manuscript annotations in John Carter's hand on p. [5].
Provenance
[Copy 3]: Bookplate of John Carter; manuscript note in John Carter's hand.
Binding
[Copy 2]: 20th century dark blue buckram binding with gilt lettering on spine; original periodical black and salmon printed front paper wrapper bound with text.
Binding
[Copy 3]: Spine title: "Taste & technique - serial printings : 1948".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3]: Bound with shelfmarks Lrr.4.17 (01), Lrr.4.17 (02), and Lrr.4.17 (04).
Subject
Rare books Collectors and collecting
Subject
Book collecting Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Added entry--name
Sparrow, John, 1906 - 1992 former owner.
Added entry--place
United States New York New York.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B25360