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Nonesuch Press, The

Private Press set up in 1923 by Sir Francis Meynell. At Standard Road, Park Royal Road, London NW10 in 1950. By 1994 it was part of Reinhardt Books Ltd
1923
William CONGREVE : The Complete Works
(ed Montague Summers)
(1923 Nonesuch Press) - 4 vols. 900
APULEIUS : Cupid & Psyche .. out of the Latine .. by William Aldington
(1923 Nonesuch Press) - 625
John DONNE : Love Poems : With some Account of His Life taken from the Writings
in 1639 of Izaak Walton
(1923 Nonesuch Press) - 1250 numbered
Letters from George Meredith to Alice Meynell
(1923 Nonesuch Press) - Ltd Ed 850
Andrew MARVELL : Miscellaneous Poems
(1923 Nonesuch Press) - 850
John DONNE : Ten Sermons preached by John Donne
(1923 Nonesuch Press) - 725
John DONNE : Paradoxes and Problems
(1923 Nonesuch Press, Soho) - 645
ANACREON : Done into English out of the Original Greek
(1923 Nonesuch Press, Soho) - 725. Stephen Gooden
153 Letters from W H Hudson
(Ed by Edward Garnett) (1923 Nonesuch Press) - 1000
Johannes SECUNDUS : Kisses Being the Basia
(1923 Nonesuch Press) - 725
Ernst TOLLER : Masses and Man
(1923 Nonesuch Press)

1924
Francis MEYNELL : The Apocrypha : reprinted according to the authorised version of 1614
(1924 Nonesuch Press)
Genesis
(1924 Nonesuch Press) - Paul Nash
(Ed) George MOORE : Pure Poetry - An Anthology (1924 Nonesuch Press) - 1250
The Nonesuch Bible
(1924-7 Nonesuch Press) - 5 vols. - Stephen Gooden
[The first illustrated book from the Press]
PLATO : Symposium or Supper
(1924 Nonesuch Press) - 1050
Henry Vaughan, Silurist : Poems, an Essay & Two Letters
(1924 Nonesuch Press) - 850
William WYCHERLEY : The Complete Works
(1924 Nonesuch Press, Soho)
- edited by Montague Summers. 4 vols. 900

1925
Robert BURTON : An Anatomy of Melancholy
(1925 Nonesuch Press)
- E McKnight Kauffer. Ltd Ed 750. 2 vols
Bernard DARWIN : The Tale of Mr Tootleoo
(1925 Nonesuch Press) - with Elinor Darwin
William BLAKE : Writings
(Ed G Keynes) (1925-1939 Nonesuch Press) - 3 vols. 1500
Offered for £400 in 1998
J L HOTSON : The Death of Christopher Marlowe
(1925 Nonesuch Press)
The Poems of Bishop Henry King
(1925 Nonesuch Press) - 900. Edited by John Sparrow
Charles PERRAULT : Histories or Tales of Past times Told by Mother Goose, with Morals
(1925 Nonesuch Press) - 1250. - W M R Quick
Mother Goose
(1925 Nonesuch Press) - W M R Quick
Peter WARLOCK : Song of the Gardens
(1925 Nonesuch Press) - 875. Stephen Gooden

1926
The Book of the Bear : 21 Tales Translated by Jane Harrison & Hope Mirrlees
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - Ray Garnett
Abraham COWLEY : The Mistress with other Select Poems
(edited by John Sparrow)
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - 1050
A M'KITTRICK : Irene Iddesleigh
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - W M R Quick
George MOORE : Ulick and Soracha
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - 1250 signed. Stephen Gooden
John MILTON : Poems in English
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - 2 vols. 1450. William Blake
Offered in 1991 for £220
Herman MELVILLE : Benito Cereno
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - E McKnight Kauffer
Jane HARRISON & Hope MIRRLEES : The Book of the Bear
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - R A Garnett
John EVELYN : Memories for My Grand-Son
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - 1250
Thomas OTWAY : The Complete Works
(1926 Nonesuch Press)
- 3 vols. Ltd Ed 1250. edited by Montague Summers
Earl of ROCHESTER : Collected Works
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - 975
Ernst TOLLER : Brockenbrow - A Tragedy
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - Georg Grosz
John WILMOT : Collected Works
(1926 Nonesuch Press) - 1050. Edited by John Hayward

1927
William BLAKE : Poetry & Prose
(1927 Nonesuch Press) (1956 Nonesuch Press)
- edited by Geoffrey Keynes
William BLAKE : Pencil Drawings
(1927 Nonesuch Press) - Ltd Ed 1550. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes
Mona WILSON : The Life of William Blake
(1927 Nonesuch Press) - 1480
Romer WILSON : Latterday Symphony
(1927 Nonesuch Press)
William COBBETT : Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine with Other Records of His
Early Career in England & America
(1927 Nonesuch Press) - 1800
VOLTAIRE : The Princess of Babylon
(1927 Nonesuch Press) - 1500. Thomas Lowinsky
George HERBERT : The Temple - Sacred Songs and Private Ejaculations
(1927 Nonesuch Press) - Ltd Ed 1500
James LAVER : A Stitch in Time, or Pride Prevents a Fall
(1927 By Richard Clay for the Nonesuch Press) - 1525
James THOMSON : The Seasons
(1927 Nonesuch Press) - 1500. I J Skinner
Sir John VANBRUGH : The Complete Works
(1927-8 Nonesuch Press) - 4 vols. 1300

1928
DANTE : The Divine Comedy
(1928 Nonesuch Press) - 1475
John BUNYAN : A Pilgrim's Progress And the Life & Death of Mr Badman
(1928 Nonesuch Press) - 1600. Karl Michel
Joseph CONRAD : Letters - 1895 to 1924
(1928 Nonesuch Press) - edited by Edward Garnett. 925
F de VOLTAIRE : The Princess of Babylon
(1928 Nonesuch Press) - Thomas Lowinsky
John EARLE : Micro-cosmographie : Essays and Characters
(ed Gwendolen Murphy)
(1928 Nonesuch Press)
PINDAR : Pythian Odes
(1928 Nonesuch Press) - 1550. Stephen Gooden
William HARVEY : The Anatomical Exercises .. De Motu Cordis
(1628 Frankfort)
(1928 Nonesuch Press) - 1450
The Weekend Book
(1928 Nonesuch Press) - A D Rutherston
Thomes BEEDOME : Select Poems Divine and Humane
(1928 Nonesuch Press, London) - 1250

1929
Sir Geoffrey KEYNES : Jane Austen - A Bibliography
(1929 Nonesuch Press) - 875
William BECKFORD : Vathek - 1st Edition of Herbert B Grimsditch's Translation
(1929 Nonesuch Press) - 1550 copies. Marion Dorn
Bernard DE FONTANELLE : A Plurality of Worlds
(1929 Nonesuch Press) - 1600
John DONNE : Complete Poetry and Selected Prose : Edited by John Hayward
(1929 Nonesuch Press) - 675
FONTENELLE : A Plurality of Worlds
(1929 Nonesuch Press) - 1600
(400 for US) - Tom L Poulton
(Ed) Sir George HAMILTON : The Latin Portrait - An Anthology (1929 Nonesuch Press)
- 1550. Stephen Gooden
Alphonse LAMARTINE : Graziella
(1929 Nonesuch Press) - 1600. Jacquier
James LAVER : Love's Progress or the Education of Araminta
(1929 Nonesuch Press) -1525
PLUTARCH : The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
(1929-30 Nonesuch Press) - 1550. 5 vols. - Tom L Poulton
I WALTON : The Compleat Angler
(1929 Nonesuch Press) - Tom L Poulton with Charles Sigrist
William SHAKESPEARE : The Works
(1929-33 Nonesuch Press, NY) - 7 vols.
Ltd Ed 1600. Edited by Herbert Farjeon
Offered in 1995 for £1065

1930
John DONNE : The Courtier's Library, or Catalogus Librorum Aulicorum
(1930 Nonesuch Press) - 950
The Weekend Book
(1930 Nonesuch Press) - Tom L Poulton
D H LAWRENCE : Love Among the Haystacks & Other Pieces
(1930 Nonesuch Press)
- Ltd Ed 1600
William HAZLITT : Selected Essays
(1930 Nonesuch Press) - Edited by Geoffrey Keynes
George FARQUEHAR : The Complete Works
(ed Charles A Stonehill) (1930 Nonesuch Press)
- 2 vols. 900
Alice MEYNELL : Selected Poems
(1930 Nonesuch Press)

1931
CERVANTES : Don Quixote
(1930 Nonesuch Press) - 2 vols. E McKnight Kauffer. Ltd Ed 1475
Offered in 1991 for £350
DE MAISSE : A Journal of all that was accomplished by M De Maisse, Ambassador in England from
King Henry IV to Queen Elizabeth
(1931 Nonesuch Press)
HOMER : The Iliad & Odyssey
(1931 Nonesuch Press) - 2 vols. 1300
Offered in 1995 for £350
J L HOTSON : Shakespeare versus Shallow
(1931 Nonesuch Press)
MONTAIGNE : Essays - John Florio's Translation
(1931 Nonesuch Press) - 2 vols. 1375
Ruth LOWINSKY : Lovely Food
(1931 Nonesuch Press) - Thomas Lowinsky
Geoffrey KEYNES : Bibliography of William Hazlitt
(1931 Nonesuch Press) - 750
(1981 Godalming 2nd Ed)
Sir Philip SIDNEY : Astrophel and Stella
(1931 Nonesuch Press) - 1210
John DRYDEN : The Dramatic Works
(1931-2 Nonesuch Press) - 6 vols. 800.
Edited by Montague Summers
Offered in 1999 for £275

1932
Samuel BUTLER : Butleriana
(1932 Nonesuch Press) - 800
John DONNE : Sermon of Valediction at His Going into Germany Preached at Lincoln's Inn 1619
(1932 Nonesuch) - 750
John Paul RAYMOND : Oscar Wilde
(1932 Nonesuch Press) - 800. Charles Ricketts

1933
James LAVER : Ladies' Mistakes, Cupid's Changeling, A Stitch in Time & Love's Progress
(1933 Nonesuch Press) - Thomas Lowinsky
George MOORE : A Communication to My Friends
(1933 Nonesuch Press) - 1000
A J YOUNG : Winter Harvest
(1933 Nonesuch Press)

1934
John COLLIER : The Devil and All
(1934 Nonesuch Press) - frontis by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
1000 signed
S T COLERIDGE : Minnow among the Tritons - Letters to Thomas Poole 1799-1834
(1934 Nonesuch Press) - 675
Henry Havelock ELLIS : George Chapman : An Essay & Anthology with Illustrative Passages
(1934 Nonesuch Press) - 750
Ambrose HOOPINGTON : A Letter to a Young Lady on Her Apprroaching Marriage
(1934 Nonesuch Press)
J COLLIER : The Devil and All
(1934 Nonesuch Press) - Blair Hughes-Stanton
(Ed) Sir George HAMILTON : The Greek Portrait - An Anthology of English verse
(1934 Nonesuch Press) - 425
Stephen POTTER : Minnows Among Tritons
(1934 Nonesuch Press)

1935
HERODOTUS : The History - Translation of G Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A W Lawrence
(1935 Nonesuch Press) - 675
Offered in 1995 for £350
Ruth LOWINSKY : More Lovely Food
(1935 Nonesuch Press) - Thomas Lowinsky
POPE, Alexander : Pope's Own Miscellany : A Reprint of Poems
(1935 Nonesuch Press)
- 750. Norman Ault
William BLAKE : The Note-Book of William Blake : Called the Rossetti MS
(1935 Nonesuch Press) - 650
S T COLERIDGE : Selected Poems
(1935 Nonesuch Press) - 500. S Mrozewski
William SHAKESPEARE : Shakespeare Anthology
(1935 Nonesuch Press) - eynolds Stone

1936-1939
George MOORE : Ulick and Soracha
(1936 Nonesuch Press) - Stephen Gooden
John MILTON : The Mask of Comus
(1937 Nonesuch Press) - Mildred Farrar
William BLAKE : The Illustrations for Thornton's Virgil
(1937 Nonesuch Press) - 1000
The Nonesuch Dickensiana
(1937 Nonesuch Press)
Charles DICKENS : The Nonesuch Dickens
(ed Arthur Waugh, Walter Dexter, et al)
(1937-8 Nonesuch Press) - 23 vols
Walt WHITMAN : Complete Poetry & Selected Prose and Letters
(1938 Nonesuch Press)
Gilbert WHITE : Natural History of Selborne
(1938 Nonesuch Press) - 2 vols. Eric Ravilious
J J ROUSSEAU : Confessions
(1938 Nonesuch Press) - Reynolds Stone
The Works of Alexander Pushkin
(1939 Nonesuch Press)
Lewis CARROLL : Complete Works
(1939 Nonesuch Press)

1940-1950
LACLOS : Dangerous Acquaintances : Englished by Ernest Dowson
(1940 Nonesuch Press)
Emile ZOLA : Germinal
(1942 Nonesuch Press) - Berthold Mahn
LA FAYETTE : The Princess of Cleves
(1943 Nonesuch Press) - Hermine David

After 1951
Alan GLOVER : Gloriana's Glass
(1953 Nonesuch Press) - 1250. Joan Hassall
William SHAKESPEARE : Complete Works : Coronation Edition
(1953 Nonesuch Press) - 4 vols. Reynolds Stone
Hilaire BELLOC : The Verse
(1954 Nonesuch Press) - 1650
Gerard Manley HOPKINS : Selected Poems
(1954 Nonesuch Press)
- 1100. frontis by Kenneth Lindley
William BLAKE : Blake's Pencil Drawings : Second Series
(1956 Nonesuch Press) - Ltd Ed 1440
William CAVENDISH : The Phanseys
(1956 Nonesuch Press) - 785. Edited by Douglas Grant
Henry WILLIAMSON : Tarka the Otter
(1964 Nonesuch Press) - Barry Driscoll
DEFOE, Daniel : Robinson Crusoe
(1968 Nonesuch Press) - Victor Ambrus
LORD Tennyson : Idylls of the King & Other Arthurian Poems
(1968 Nonesuch Press) - Aubrey Beardsley
DEFOE, Daniel : Robinson Crusoe
(1968 Nonesuch Press) - Edward Ardizzone
Robert Louis STEVENSON : The Wrong Box : The Authentic Text
(1989 Nonesuch Press £36) - Edited by Ernest Mayhew

READING
A J A Symons, Desmond Flower & Francis Meynell : The Nonesuch Century - An Appraisal,
a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the First 100 Books issued by the Press 1923-1934
(1936 Nonesuch Press) - 750
Offered in 1995 for £435
John Dreyfus : A History of the Nonesuch Press
(1981 Nonesuch Press) - 950

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