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Creator:
De Chair, Somerset Struben, 1911–
Title(s):
The story of a lifetime / by Somerset De Chair ; engravings by Clifford Webb.
Published/Created:
[London] : The Golden Cockerel Press, 1954.
Physical Description:
93, [1] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR6007.E34 S76 1954+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This first edition of The story of a lifetime is limited to 100 copies, numbered 1-100, printed for subscribers, and 10 copies, numbered I-X, for private issue. The Baskerville type has been set and machined on mould-made paper by R. &. R. Clark Ltd of Edinburgh. The white sheepskin bindings are by Sangorski & Sutcliffe."--Verso of title page.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 28 of 100, signed by the author. Bound in white sheepskin.
Subject Terms:
De Chair, Somerset -- Autograph.
Jesus Christ -- Fiction.
Jesus Christ.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Wood engravings -- 1954.
Fiction.
Contributors:
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer.
Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binder.
Webb, Clifford, 1895-, engraver.
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