International standard book number
09503884X
Shelfmark
Ls.4.45
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. Jonah. English.
Title
The book of Jonah : taken from the authorised version of King JamesI / with engravings on wood by David Jones.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Clover Hill Editions, Douglas Cleverdon, 1979.
Physical description
[6], 19, [3] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series statement
(Clover Hill Editions ; 11)
Note
Originally published: London : Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.
Note
First Clover Hill edition.
Note
"Printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press Cambridge the engravings being printed separately from the text" (colophon).
Note
Various editions totalling 410 copies and 60 sets of engravings: "300 copies on J. Green mould-made paper, numbered 1-300"--page following title page.
Note
Title-page printed in green and black across two pages with wood-engraved vignette by and after Jones; wood-engraved publisher's device by and after Eric Gill on limitation statement; fly-title printed in green.
Note
First two leaves are blank.
Note
Publisher's original cloth-bached boards by the Scolar Press; spine lettered in gilt; boards covered in patterned paper designed by Sebastian Carter; top edges cut, others deckle-edged; acetate dust-wrapper.
Provenance
Inscribed by Douglas Cleverdon for Stephen Keynes after the copy number and signed by him beneath his printed device. Stephen John Keynes's copy.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is no.10 "for Stephen Keynes".
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's description loosely inserted.
Subject
Bible. Jonah Illustrations.
Added entry--name
Jones, David, 1895 - 1974 wood engraver.
Added entry--name
Cleverdon, Douglas publisher, inscriber.
Added entry--name
Carter, Will, 1912 - 2001 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Keynes, Stephen John, 1927 - 2017 former owner.
Added entry--name
Rampant Lions Press printer.
Added entry--name
Clover Hill Editions publisher.
Added entry--name
Scolar Press bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B50067