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Something about myself: PB 11332

Object information

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Titles

Something about myself

Maker(s)

Author: Sassoon, Siegfried
Calligrapher: Adams, Margaret
Illustrator: Adams, Margaret
Publisher: Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person): Sotheran
Binder (person): Middleton, Bernard Chester
Paper maker: A. Millbourn & Co.
Paper maker: Barcham Green Ltd.

Categories

Description

By Siegfried Sassoon, aged 11.

[16]p : col. ill ; 25cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1975)

Dating

Production date: AD 1966

Note

"Written & illustrated by Margaret Adams reproduced from line blocks made by Siviter Smith Ltd, printed in England at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester on Millbourn Lexpar, cover paper by Barcham Green Ltd."--Colophon. Author's initials in ms. on t.p.: 'SS'. Booksellers' price & note on back endpage: "Ltd edn. 220 copies, one of a few copies initialled by the author especially for Sotheran's. Fine modern binding by B. C. Middleton" Accession no.: 11332. Bound in full green niger morocco, blind-tooled with horizontal lines all-round; and inset of brown niger has been gold-tooled with a cat motif on front cover. Edge of pages gilt; marbled endpages stamped: "Sotheran, Sackville Street, London." In slipcase.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 11332
Primary reference Number: 108054
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Something about myself" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/108054 Accessed: 2024-11-21 23:48:10

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