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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. London: Nonesuch Press, 1936. 2° (308 x 195mm), half title, plates and mounted specimen leaves, illustrations. Original green buckram (some fading, label rubbed). NUMBER 239 OF 750 COPIES.
With 49 other books printed at the Nonesuch Press including Henry Vaughan's Poems ... [etc.] (London, 1924, ONE OF 850 COPIES, THIS THE FILE COPY FOR THE NONESUCH PRESS), Henry King's The Poems (London, 1925, ONE OF 900 COPIES, THIS "OUT OF SERIES FOR THE FILE OF THE PUBLISHERS"), Bernard Darwin's The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo (London, [1925]), Dante's La Divina Commedia (London, 1928, NO. 142 OF 1,475 COPIES), Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler ... [etc.] (London, 1929, NO. 134 OF 1,100 COPIES), Bernard de Fontenelle's A Plurality of Worlds (London, 1929, NO. 512 OF 1,600 COPIES), Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam (London, 1933, NO. 111 OF 125 COPIES BOUND IN VELLUM) and Gilbert White's The Writings (London, 1938, 2 vols., NO. 441 OF 850 COPIES). (50)
With 49 other books printed at the Nonesuch Press including Henry Vaughan's Poems ... [etc.] (London, 1924, ONE OF 850 COPIES, THIS THE FILE COPY FOR THE NONESUCH PRESS), Henry King's The Poems (London, 1925, ONE OF 900 COPIES, THIS "OUT OF SERIES FOR THE FILE OF THE PUBLISHERS"), Bernard Darwin's The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo (London, [1925]), Dante's La Divina Commedia (London, 1928, NO. 142 OF 1,475 COPIES), Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler ... [etc.] (London, 1929, NO. 134 OF 1,100 COPIES), Bernard de Fontenelle's A Plurality of Worlds (London, 1929, NO. 512 OF 1,600 COPIES), Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam (London, 1933, NO. 111 OF 125 COPIES BOUND IN VELLUM) and Gilbert White's The Writings (London, 1938, 2 vols., NO. 441 OF 850 COPIES). (50)
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