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Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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 750 numbered copies printed at the Cambridge University Press. Inserted specimens "reset and printed or stenciled" by the original printers. Bookplate of Richard Burnett, else a clean, attractive, very good copy with minor wear and the usual toning of the spine, which is evenly faded to light brown, in archival mylar.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$279.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$292.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
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Seller: Pleasant Street Books, woodstock, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$333.91 + shipping
Description: Meynell portrait by Eric Gill, plates, tipped-in specimen leaves, illustrative text and title-pages, printers 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
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
. The Nonesuch Century. Nonesuch Press, 1936.
Price: US$477.01 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An appraisal, personal note and bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the press 1923-1934. By A.J.A. Symons, Francis Meynell and Desmond Flower. Green buckram, Head and foot of spine trifle faded, else near fine copy in scarce but heavily chipped dustwrapper. One of 750 numbered copies.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$484.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 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).
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$508.81 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 413 of 750 copies printed at Cambridge University Press. Portrait of FM by Eric Gill; 5 reproductions of bindings, 56 pages of reproductions of text and title-pages; illustrations on the following 96 pages 'reset and printed' mounted on guard leaves, many hand-coloured by pochoir, many 4pp. Green buckram, leather label titled in gilt on the spine, edges untrimmed. Dust-jacket in part laid down and repaired. Armorial bookplate and label. A very good bright copy. (Dreyfus 106)
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$535.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Association Copy with ASL to Holbrook Jackson from Meynell, including Ex Libris bookplate of Jackson and his review of the book. ** LIMITED EDITION printing of 750. ** A must-have book for the bibliophile, this book follows the history of Nonesuch Press, a successful, high-end, private press of the early 20th century. ** In addition to opening essays, it includes tipped in samples that were printed on the original presses. Sections include: Devices; Bindings; Text and Title Pages; Illustrations and Inset Pages. ** Elegant, understated early-20th century hardback binding, with a rounded spine and leather title stamp pasted onto spine. Binding is strong and secure. Inside pages are free of marginalia, underlining and intentional marks. Green buckram over boards show minor bumping to corners. Spine has dramatic fading to a light brown; despite this, the gilt on black title block is mostly intact. Spine ends are gently bumped and scuffed. Ex Libris bookplate with Holbrook Jackson's name on front pastedown. Pastedowns and endsheets show some light foxing. Interior is evenly tanned, with rare scattered foxing/smudges. One of the insets has notable edge wear/closed tears along foot edge. The tipped-in illustrations and inset pages are overall in lovely condition. ** PROVENANCE AND EPHEMERA: 1) Clipped article about the book from the publication "The Listener" and dated 11 March 1936. The glowing book review was written by British journalist, writer and publisher Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) who was considered one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. 2) The bookplate reveals that this was Holbrook Jackson's personal copy of the book. 3) AUTHOR SIGNED LETTER(ASL) addressed to bookplate owner. Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell (1891-1975) was a British poet and printer at The Nonesuch Press, and a co-author of this book, signed the letter. ** ** Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only.
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$576.11 + shipping
Description: Good copy bound in the original sun-toned cloth with a worn leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Wear and tear as with age. Physical description; [8] pages, loose leaves : plates, facsimiles ; 31 cm. Notes; At head of title: A.J.A. Symons, Desmond Flower, Francis Meynell. With loose printed inserts: Prices -- Shakespeare anthology -- More lovely food -- The ancient mariner -- The art and trade of printing. Subjects; Nonesuch Press ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Private presses England London ; Bibliography ; Catalogs.Genres; Catalogue. Illustrated. Prospectuses - English - 20th century. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$636.01 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Set in Poliphilus and Blado and printed by Ernest Ingham at the Fanfare Press on antique laid paper watermarked "Nonesuch". Overlapping pink paper wrappers with decorative title label. A very good to fine copy. Presentation inscription: "John Hayward from his friend Stephen Potter, 1936". A very early Stephen piece and an excellent association copy.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$636.01 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$640.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy bound in the original sun-toned cloth with a worn leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Wear and tear as with age. Physical description; [8] pages, loose leaves : plates, facsimiles ; 31 cm. Notes; At head of title: A.J.A. Symons, Desmond Flower, Francis Meynell. With loose printed inserts: Prices -- Shakespeare anthology -- More lovely food -- The ancient mariner -- The art and trade of printing. Subjects; Nonesuch Press ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Private presses England London ; Bibliography ; Catalogs.Genres; Catalogue. Illustrated. Prospectuses - English - 20th century. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$797.33 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$884.00 + shipping
Description: 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. âSpine 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.".
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.