Author: HAZEN, A.T. (& J.P. KIRBY).
Title: A Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press with a Record of the Prices at Which Copies Have Been Sold Including a New Supplement. Together with a Bibliography and Census of the Detached Pieces by A.T. Hazen and J.P. Kirby.
Description: 1973. . London, 1973. xxxiv,300pp. Facs. in b/w. Index. Cloth. Dustjacket.*This records and describes all the books and fugitive pieces printed at Walpole's Press, and identifies numerous variants. An integral part of the bibliography is the record of many acknowledged reprints by Walpole's printer, Thomas Kirkgate, ranging from Gray's Odes to forgotten fugitive pieces. Ten forgeries prepared in the nineteenth century are also described. In addition a few of the more interesting copies of each book have been listed and their provenance traced and a complete census of the known copies of the rare fugitive pieces has been included..

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