Selection from Ballads of Old Birmingham.

Rudland (E.M.)

Selection from Ballads of Old Birmingham.

Description: FIRST SELECTED EDITION, ONE OF 85 COPIES, printed in black and red, the wide, ornate typographical border to the title-page and the heraldic devices, also printed in red, with the assistance of A. Michael Fletcher, pp. [72], small folio, contemporary gilt-ruled black morocco with central russet cloth section, spine lettered in gilt, boards with a few faint marks and pressure points, slipcase, very good

Publication Details: Birmingham: [Printed for Private Distribution], Leonard Jay, 1945

Notes: Issued as a tribute to the Lord Mayor, W.T. Wiggins-Davies, to celebrate the 70th birthday of the esteemed Birmingham poet, Ernest Marston Rudland.One of the few books designed by Leonard Jay rather than by students under his direction.