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Auction archive: Lot number 252

Nonesuch Press.- Symons (A.J.A.), Desmond Flower and Francis Meynell. - The Nonesuch Century: An Appraisal...and a Bibliography...1923-1934

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$487 - US$649
Price realised:
£700
ca. US$1,136
Auction archive: Lot number 252

Nonesuch Press.- Symons (A.J.A.), Desmond Flower and Francis Meynell. - The Nonesuch Century: An Appraisal...and a Bibliography...1923-1934

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$487 - US$649
Price realised:
£700
ca. US$1,136
Beschreibung:

The Nonesuch Century: An Appraisal...and a Bibliography...1923-1934
one of 750 copies, tipped-in samples, bound in dark green morocco, by Bain, spine lettered in gilt, a little rubbed and marked, spine darkened, 1936 § Shakespeare (William) The Works, 7 vol., original russet morocco, 1929-33 § Homer. The Iliad; The Odyssey, 2 vol., A.N.s. from Bay Meynell (wife of Francis) to Eric Harmsworth loosely inserted, 1931 § Herodotus. The History..., original blue vellum-backed cloth, gilt, spine faded, 1935, all limited editions, some plates and illustrations, all rubbed and damp-stained (first not too badly), the first three with spines darkened, Nonesuch Press ; and c.35 others from or concerning the press, a few with notes or inscriptions to Eric Harmsworth from members of the Meynell family, a few with Eric’s signature, most bindings rather damp-stained, v.s.

Auction archive: Lot number 252
Auction:
Datum:
10 Dec 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

The Nonesuch Century: An Appraisal...and a Bibliography...1923-1934
one of 750 copies, tipped-in samples, bound in dark green morocco, by Bain, spine lettered in gilt, a little rubbed and marked, spine darkened, 1936 § Shakespeare (William) The Works, 7 vol., original russet morocco, 1929-33 § Homer. The Iliad; The Odyssey, 2 vol., A.N.s. from Bay Meynell (wife of Francis) to Eric Harmsworth loosely inserted, 1931 § Herodotus. The History..., original blue vellum-backed cloth, gilt, spine faded, 1935, all limited editions, some plates and illustrations, all rubbed and damp-stained (first not too badly), the first three with spines darkened, Nonesuch Press ; and c.35 others from or concerning the press, a few with notes or inscriptions to Eric Harmsworth from members of the Meynell family, a few with Eric’s signature, most bindings rather damp-stained, v.s.

Auction archive: Lot number 252
Auction:
Datum:
10 Dec 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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