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MOORE, GEORGE: : A Communication to my friends

LONDON.THE NONESUCH PRESS,1933.

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UK,slim 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,limited/ numbered,1st edn.[A limited edition of 1,000 copies,of which 800 are for sale in England and 200 for sale in the United States by Random House Inc.This copy's limitation,is number 797/800.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,and lacking it's issued dw/dj.Bound in quarter leather (spine/ backstrip) and light grey paper-covered boards,with bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and generally clean,bright feps.Slight grubbing and marks to the light grey paper-covered bds, but with the corners generally sharp; with negligible bumping and some inevitable but light rubbing to same,and some light, negligible shelf-wear to edges.Top+fore- edges aged/toned - as usual/normal - and untrimmed; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound.Printed by the Fanfare Press on Pannekoek mould-made paper with the Nonesuch watermark.UK,slim 8vo HB, minus dw/dj,limited/no'd (797/800) 1st edn,8-86pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters.Plus [unpaginated] 4pp blanks, half-title page,title page with a press device in brown by Stephen Gooden,a note by Literary executor C.D. Medley,a number limitation page at rear along with another 4pp blanks. The Nonesuch Press was a private press founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell,his wife Vera Mendel,and David Garnett.The Nonesuch Press's first book, was a volume of John Donne's Love Poems was issued in May 1923.In total,the press produced more than 140 books.The press was at its peak in the 1920's and 1930's,and continued operating through to the mid-1960's.During the late 1930's and throughout the 1940's,Meynell ceded control of the Press to George Macy,owner and founder of the Limited Editions Club. In the early 1950's,however,Meynell united with the owner of The Bodley Head,Max Reinhardt,and resumed control of Nonesuch. During the final years of the Press's existence,its remit was extended to include editions of classic children's books,such as E. Nesbit's 'The Treasure Seekers' and Andrew Lang's 'Fairy' tales (these formed part of the Press's Cygnet impression).Nonesuch was unusual among private presses,in that it used a small hand press to design books (an Albion press),but had them printed by commercial printers: for example,the Kynoch Press based in Birmingham.The purpose of this method was to produce book designs with the quality of a fine-press but available to a wider audience at lower prices. Meynell also wanted to demonstrate that "mechanical means could be made to serve fine ends." He believed that the production of exquisitely designed and produced books was not the preserve of the private press predicated upon the example established by William Morris's Kelmscott Press,which emphasized the primacy of the handpressed book. George Augustus Moore,b.1852 - d.1933,was an accomplished Irish novelist,short-story writer,poet,art critic,memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family.He originally wanted to be a painter,and so studied art in Paris,during the 1870's.There,he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.As a naturalistic writer,he was amongst the first English- language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists,and was particularly influenced by the works of Emile Zola.His writings influenced James Joyce,according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann,and,although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature,he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,limited/numbered,1st edn.
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