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The story of an African farm: PB 238-2003

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Titles

The story of an African farm

Maker(s)

Author: Schreiner, Olive
Contributor: Dinesen, Isak
Illustrator: Hogarth, Arthur Paul
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Schmoller, Hans
Printer: Curwen Press
Printer: Westerham Press

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Description

By Olive Schreiner ; with an introduction by Isak Dinesen and illustrations by Paul Hogarth.

Xv, [5], 259, [3] p. illus., col. plates. 29 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • London
  • Westerham

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1961

Note

"Of this edition ... fifteen hundred copies have been made ... from the typographic plan of Hans Schmoller. The illustrations are drawings and original colour lithographs by Paul Hogarth. The lithographs have been printed in London at The Curwen Press. The book has been printed at the Westerham Press ..."--Colophon Museum has copy number "J.D." signed by Paul Hogarth. Full bound in Ugandian bark cloth with gold-stamped leather spine label. Issued in slipcase (brown cloth over card)

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 238-2003
Primary reference Number: 95762
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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) "The story of an African farm" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/95762 Accessed: 2024-11-21 22:20:02

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