Title: The Nonesuch Century: An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the First Hundred Books Issued by the Press, 1923-1934 Author: Symons, A.J.A., Desmond Flower, & Francis Meynell Place: London Publisher: Nonesuch Press Date: 1936 Description: xii, 80 pp text, 6 pp devices, 6 plates of bindings, 56 pp text and title page examples, 46 examples of illustrations (many two to four pages) tipped onto stiff grey paper. Copperplate engraving of Francis Meynell by Eric Gill (4to) 30x19 cm (12x7¾"), green cloth. One of 750 copies. A solid copy of this wonderful retrospective, published on the occasion of the publisher's hundredth book. Contains an excellent bibliography. Lot Amendments Condition: Sunning to spine and top edge of binding, bumps to top corners; light foxing to endpapers; very good. Item number: 276041
Title: The Nonesuch Century: An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the First Hundred Books Issued by the Press, 1923-1934 Author: Symons, A.J.A., Desmond Flower, & Francis Meynell Place: London Publisher: Nonesuch Press Date: 1936 Description: xii, 80 pp text, 6 pp devices, 6 plates of bindings, 56 pp text and title page examples, 46 examples of illustrations (many two to four pages) tipped onto stiff grey paper. Copperplate engraving of Francis Meynell by Eric Gill (4to) 30x19 cm (12x7¾"), green cloth. One of 750 copies. A solid copy of this wonderful retrospective, published on the occasion of the publisher's hundredth book. Contains an excellent bibliography. Lot Amendments Condition: Sunning to spine and top edge of binding, bumps to top corners; light foxing to endpapers; very good. Item number: 276041
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