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Meynell, Francis. POEMS & PIECES 1911 TO 1961. Nonesuch Press, London, 1961.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 59pp. #701/750 copies printed by Stellar Press on lovely hand-made paper. 3" x 4" sheet SIGNED by Meynall tipped in front.
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
MEYNELL, Francis.. POEMS AND PIECES, 1911 TO 1961. (SIGNED). Nonesuch Press,, London,, 1961.
Price: US$45.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 59. Original publishers light orange cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to John R. H. Yeomen, husband of 'Anton' (1907Ð1970), an Australian born English cartoonist, "a comrade in words - 1961, Francis Meynell." One of 750 numbered copies. Very good indeed in plain black, slightly nicked and used, minus very good dust jacket.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.66 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 750 copies (this marked "Out-of-Series") printed in Monotype Bembo by the Stellar Press on prewar Van Gelder handmade paper with Nonesuch watermark. Terracotta cloth, spine gilt, black Ingres paper dust-jacket with title gold-blocked down spine. A near fine copy. (Dreyfus 128) Presentation copy, inscribed: "for Mary, from Francis 7 August 1961".
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 59. Original publishers light orange cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Loosely inserted signed handwritten letter from Francis Meynell in Bildeston in Suffolk to Curwen Press dated August 1961 thanking them for a birthday album 'from Orford.' Number 746 0f 750 copies. Very good indeed in very good indeed plain black dust jacket lettered gilt at the spine.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Meynell, Francis.. POEMS AND PIECES, 1911 to 1961.. Nonesuch Press, London, 1961.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 59 pp., 8vo, terra cotta cloth with gilt spine title. Edition of 750 copies, this #415. Printed at the Stellar Press in Bembo types on Van Gelder hand-made paper, bound by Mansell. This copy with 3 x 4-inch slip of paper signed "With greetings from Francis Meynell" laid in. Nonesuch Press #128.
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Meynell (Francis). POEMS & PIECES 1911 TO 1961. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1961.
Price: US$64.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition of 750 copies in Bembo type on Van Gelder hand-made paper. This is No. 617. Presentation copy inscribed by the Author, Sir Francis Meynell, dated 26 January 1962, pp 59.
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
MEYNELL, Francis. Poems & Pieces 1911 to 1961.. London: The Nonesuch Press:, First edition,, 1961.
Price: US$103.31 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 59pp, woocut vignette title, orig. cloth gilt. A VG+ clean copy. This addition consists of 750 numbered copies. It has been printed in England by The Stellar Press in Bembo types on Van Gelder hand-made paper & bound by Mansell. Ex Libris John Gloag with his bookplate to upper pastedown together with a tipped-in greetings slip signed by the author Francis Meynell.
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$116.23 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is a Fine Copy of this Book in original tan coloured cloth boards with gilt title to spine in a Very Good Black Dust-Jacket that has one tiny nick to the base of spine.This copy has been signed and inscribed by Francis Meynell on the FFEP and reads '' Eleanor From Francis 27 May 1961 '' This is a proof copy and on the Colophon is states ' one of ten un-made ready proofs ' (see pic) Nice clean copy internally.It's printed by the Stellar Press in bembo types and on Van Gelder hand-made & bound by Mansell.A great presentation copy for the collector especially in this very limited format 8vo 59pp Proof Copy one of ten SIGNED by Author [1961]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Price: US$448.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (7)pp, printed in black and red on unopened leaves: 50 copies printed. Contains "In Praise of Unfamous Men" and "Hereditament." Bound in patterned gilt wrappers, decorated cover label in orange. 8.75" x 5.5" "The initials are those of Stanley Morrison, Brooke Crutchley, Vivian Ridler, Douglas Cleverdon, Reynolds Stone, and John Dreyfus" [OCLC]. This copy is inscribed on the free endpaper in blue ink: "Therese & Hugh Ford / from Francis Meynell / Lavenham / 4 August 1967." [Hugh Ford collaborated with Nancy Cunard, wrote her biography, &c., &c. Sir Francis Meynell founded the Nonesuch Press in 1922.].
Seller: R & A Petrilla, IOBA, Roosevelt, NJ, U.S.A.