From Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
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About this Item
258 x 162 mm. (10 1/8 x 6 3/8"). 130 pp., [2] leaves. Publisher's blue buckram, upper cover with gilt lettering and publisher's device, smooth spine with gilt titling. With older acetate jacket, front flap taped to front pastedown. With printer's device on title page, nine vignettes in the text, and 11 lithographic reproductions of sample leaves and bindings of earlier editions of Dickens. Dreyfus 108. â Half-inch white spot to front board, head of spine a little frayed, small adjacent areas along top edge of boards rather rubbed, a little rubbing to corners, small glue stain to rear free endpaper, but a very good copy, internally fresh and clean. This substantial, hardbound prospectus issued for one of the masterworks of the press contains essays on the illustrators of Dickens' works by Arthur Waugh, "A Bibliographical List of the Original Illustrations to the Works of Charles Dickens, Being Those Made under his Supervision," compiled by Thomas Hatton, and a "Retrospectus" examining earlier editions of the complete works, in addition to the description of the forthcoming Nonesuch edition and an order form for subscribers. Seller Inventory # ST12683-352b
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE NONESUCH DICKENS. RETROSPECTUS AND ...
Publisher: Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury
Publication Date: 1937
Edition: FIRST EDITION.
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