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THE NONESUCH CENTURY An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the First Hundred Books Issued By the Press 1923-1934
by (Nonesuch Press); Francis Meynell, A.J.A. Symons and Desmonmd Flower
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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FERNDALE, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. Green buckram with leather spine label gilt, 4to., xi, (1), 80, (8) pages + 6 gravure leaves illustrating bindings, (56) pages of reset text and title pages and 45 two or four-page specimen inserts mounted on charcoal paper. Frontispiece portrait of Meynell from a drawing by Eric Gill. One of numbered 750 copies printed at the Cambridge University Press. Inserted specimens "reset and printed or stenciled" by the original printers. Loosely inserted are the 8-page prospectus for Herodotus, which book immediately followed those in "Century", and "Check List Books of the Nonesuch Press Published Since the 'Century'", the 8 page keepsake published by Gallery 303. A clean, attractive, better than very good copy with slight bumps to the upper tips, minor wear and the usual toning of the spine, which is evenly faded to light brown, in archival mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Entropy Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007819
- Title
- THE NONESUCH CENTURY An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the First Hundred Books Issued By the Press 1923-1934
- Author
- (Nonesuch Press); Francis Meynell, A.J.A. Symons and Desmonmd Flower
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Nonesuch Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- FRANCIS MEYNELL
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