[The City of Birmingham School of Printing] Rudland, E.M.
Title |
Selection from Ballads of Old Birmingham. |
Date |
Birmingham: 1945 |
Publisher |
Leonard Jay, for private distribution only, |
Description
One of an edition limited to 85 copies, designed and produced by Leonard Jay, 'as a tribute to the Lord Mayor, Alderman W.T. Wiggins-Davies, J.P., a brother printer-craftsman, to mark the occasion of Birmingham's distinguished poet, E.M. Rudland, attaining his three-score years-and-ten. Assisted by Vernon S. Ganderton, presswork, and A. Michael Fletcher, heraldic devices...'. Printed on fine laid book paper. Black leather binding to the spine and fore-edges with brown cloth panels and gilt rules between, gilt lettering to the spine, decorated endpapers. Folio, 320 x 205 mm, pp. [10, blank] [title page printed in black and red][2-4, blank] [5, dedication and coat of arms, printed in red] [6-8, blank] [9, William de Birmingham, coat of arms] [10, blank] 11-72 [8, blank] illustrated with 15 heraldic devices printed in red.
Condition
A book in Very Good condition indeed in a black card slipcase.