NONESUCH CENTURY, AN APPRAISAL, A PERSONAL NOTE.
- London: The Nonesuch Press, 1936.
- 4to.
- cloth, leather spine label
- xii, 80, (6), (10), (56), (92) pages.
Price: $200.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 7276
One of 750 numbered copies. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine and edges of the boards faded and has minor rubbing. Exlibrary copy with markings. Else a near fine copy.
Beautifully printed bibliography of this major press. Contains an "Appraisal" of Nonesuch by Symons, an essay on the founding and operation of the press by Meynell and a bibliography of the firm's output by Flower, illustrations of the press's devices and bindings, 53 full page plates of text and titles pages and 45 tipped-in illustrations of title and text pages from Nonesuch books. The bibliography is an elegant tribute to the press's own standard of quality. An index lists the books produced by author and titles, illustrators and decorators, and type faces.






