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On a calm shore : poems: PB 193-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

On a calm shore : poems

Maker(s)

Author: Cornford, Frances
Illustrator: Cornford, Christopher
Printer: Saint Nicolas Press
Paper maker: Grosvenor, Chater & Co. Ltd.

Categories

Description

By Frances Cornford. Designs by Christopher Cornford.

95 p : col. illus ; 22 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1960

Note

Set up and printed by hand at the Saint Nicolas Press ... on Basingwerk parchment paper supplied by Grosvenor Chater Ltd. with inks supplied by Coates Brothers (Inks) Ltd. The blocks were made by Edward O. Beck Ltd. ... This edition is limited to 150 copies of which this is number [in ms] out of series."--Colophon. Bound in illustrated paper over boards.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 193-2003
Primary reference Number: 95844
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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