Penny Dreadfuls, 1923 · page 5 of 116
The Taking of Helen by John Masefield — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a colophon page (a publisher's note) from a limited edition. It states that 750 copies of John Masefield's "The Taking of Helen" have been printed in an autographed edition, and identifies this copy as Number 462. The page is signed by what appears to be "J. Masefield" in handwriting below the printed text. The OCR has garbled some elements, but the essential information about this being a numbered copy of a limited autographed edition is clear from the legible printed portion.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Of this autographed edition of John Masefiela’s ‘‘ The Taking of Helen”’ 700 copies have been printed, of which this is Number..f(£Q2.. (EO) An 0)(G)O) <S (C(O) mn