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Edité par The Nonesuch Press,, London,, 1936
Vendeur : Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xi, 80, 4 plates. Original publishers green buckram, lettered gilt at the spine on a leather label. Note by a bookseller on pastedown reads, "Limited to 750 copies (out of series) - inscription from Philip Youngman Carter to Margery Allingham (dated the week before the annual garden party). From one master craftsman to the other, June 26 1936. This would have been set in one, Gill, if I knew how." Allingham and Carter married inÊ1927. Slight fading and discolouration to buckram, otherwise very good.
Edité par Nonesuch Press, 1936
Edition originale
Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback, original green buckram. 31 x 21cm. xi, [4], 80pp. Frontis portrait of Francis Meynell from a drawing by Eric Gill. Tipped-in samples, some in colour, plates and illustrations. Number 733 of an edition of 750 copies. Spine faded, otherwise an excellent copy.
Edité par London, the Nonesuch Press 1936, 1936
Vendeur : Pleasant Street Books, Woodstock, VT, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Unknown. Etat de la jaquette : Unknown. Book.
Edité par The Nonesuch Press,, 1936
Vendeur : Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
First Edition. Meynell portrait by Eric Gill, plates, tipped-in specimen leaves, illustrative text and title-pages, printer s devices One of 750 numbered copies Small folio Spine somewhat sunned as usual and just a little foxing to end-papers and a very little elsewhere, otherwise a very nice copy Original green buckram, spine with printed label.
Edité par London The Nonesuch Press, 1936
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
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Limited edition, number 29 of 750 copies; folio; 6 photogravure plates of bindings, 44 tipped-in specimen leaves mounted on dark grey paper, 25 of these bifolia and many coloured, 52 pages reproducing illustrative text and title pages, and 3 pages of printer's devices; original green cloth, black morocco spine label with gilt lettering, spine faded to brown, fore-edge uncut, light spotting to endpapers. This bibliography covers the first hundred books and the first ten years of the Nonesuch Press, which was founded in 1923 by Vera Mendel, David Garnett, and Francis Meynell, with the last being in charge of book production. The Press produced a substantial corpus of fine printing, although the books were not produced exclusively to be collectible objects. 'As a piece of typographical design, The Nonesuch Century was highly original and extremely successful. Francis [Meynell] realized that reproductions of finely printed pages cannot convey either the feel of a carefully chosen paper or the quality of the impression originally made upon it by a skilful printer. He therefore decided to reset a great many text and title-pages (as well as a few book jackets) and to have them reprinted by their original printers, using the same paper, the same colours, and the identical processes (letterpress, offset, collotype, intaglio engraving or hand colouring) which had been used when the books were first produced' (Dreyfus, p96). John Dreyfus, A History of the Nonesuch Press, 1981.
Edité par Nonesuch Press, London, 1936
Vendeur : James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First Edition, one of 750 copies (this copy #200). Profusely illustrated and with numerous inserted sample pages. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Original green buckram, spine faded Profusely illustrated and with numerous inserted sample pages. 1 vols. Tall 8vo First Edition, one of 750 copies (this copy #200).
Edité par London: The Nonesuch Press, 1936, 1936
Vendeur : Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
First edition, first impression, number 608 of 750 copies, of this commemorative bibliography, with illustrative text, title pages, and insets reproduced from the press's first hundred books, printed at the Cambridge University Press. "As a piece of typographical design," declares John Dreyfus, "The Nonesuch Century was highly original and extremely successful. Francis [Meynell] realized that reproductions of finely printed pages cannot convey either the feel of a carefully chosen paper or the quality of the impression originally made upon it by a skilful printer. He therefore decided to reset a great many text and title-pages (as well as a few book jackets) and to have them reprinted by their original printers, using the same paper, the same colours, and the identical processes (letterpress, offset, collotype, intaglio engraving or hand colouring) which had been used when the books were first produced" (Dreyfus, p. 96). The Appraisal, describing each book, is provided by Symons, the Personal Element, recording the history of the press, by Meynell, and the Bibliography by Flower. Founded in the basement of Birrell & Garnett's bookshop, Soho, in 1922 by Francis Meynell, his wife-to-be Vera Mendel, and their friend David Garnett, the Nonesuch Press pioneered the practice of using a small hand press to design books, but having them printed by commercial printers so that their fine printing could reach a wider audience at lower prices. John Dreyfus, A History of the Nonesuch Press, 1981. Quarto. Original green buckram, black morocco spine label, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. 6 photogravure plates of bindings, 44 tipped-in specimen leaves mounted on dark grey paper, 25 of these bifolia and many coloured, 52 pages reproducing illustrative text and title pages, and 3 pages of printer's devices. A few small spots to edges of covers, extremities lightly rubbed, a touch of foxing to edges, contents clean and fresh. A near-fine copy.
Edité par The Nonesuch Press, London, 1936
Vendeur : Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australie
An appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press, 1923-1934. Pp. xii+82, plus several examples of devices, bindings, text and title pages, and numerous hand-tipped specimen pages (from 2-4pp. each, several printed in colour or red & black); narrow roy. 4to; full green buckram, gilt lettered black leather title label on spine, the spine cloth lightly faded, fore-corners of boards bruised; uncut; small blind ownership stamp of Sir Thomas Ramsay on upper free endpaper, tiny mark near foot of title page, a couple of spots of foxing; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1936. One of 750 numbered copies. McKitterick 106. *The frontispiece is an Eric Gill portrait of Francis Meynell, the founder of the Nonesuch Press.
Edité par Nonesuch Press, London, 1936
Vendeur : Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
No. 663 OF 750 COPIES. 318 x 203 mm. (12 1/2 x 8"). xi, [i], 80 pp. Original green buckram, flat spine with black morocco label. Later sturdy marbled paper slipcase. With engraved portrait of Meynell by Eric Gill, three pages of printer's devices, six photogravure plates of bindings, 52 pages reproducing illustrative text and title pages, and 45 inserts of reprinted leaves mounted on dark gray paper, 25 of these bifolia. Front pastedown with bookplate reading "From the Library of the / Curwen Press / London." Dreyfus 106. â Spine sunned (as always with this book), one sample a bit creased, otherwise very fine. This bibliography covers the first 100 books and the first 10 years of the Nonesuch Press, which was founded in 1923 by Vera Mendel, David Garnett, and Francis Meynell, with the last being in charge of book production. The Press produced a substantial corpus of fine printing, although the books were not produced exclusively to be collectible objects. As the "Prospectus of the Nonesuch Editions" says, "The Book Public may be divided into three parts. The Libraries cater for the section of it which reads books without wishing to possess them. A number of 'toy' presses cater for collectors who do not read. The Nonesuch Press was founded in the interest of those among the book collectors who also use books for reading." Despite the fact that those who ran the Nonesuch Press (Meynell chief among them) did not take themselves too seriously, the press had a major influence on the history of the private press in England, especially between the wars. The present copy has a significant association, having been part of the library at the Curwen Press. Founded (under a different name) in 1863, the Curwen Press became an important player in the world of private printing in 1914, when Harold Curwen (1885-1949), the grandson of the original founder, took control. In 1921, Oliver Simon (1895-1956) joined the firm, and he was instrumental in upgrading the quality of book production, in part by commissioning typefaces, illustrations, and decorations from, among others, Jan Van Krimpen, Rudolf Koch, Edward Bawden, Paul Nash, and Graham Sutherland (Lovat Fraser was already working for the press when Simon came in). Glaister says that "The brilliantly successful association of Curwen and Simon led to a steady flow of fine books as well as jobbing printing of outstanding quality.".