The Nonesuch Dickens : retrospectus and prospectus [ Nonesuch Dickensiana ]
1937, First Edition. Bloomsbury : Nonesuch Press. Provenance: Eugene Strens' copy with his bookplate to front pastedown. Near fine in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt title and vignette to front panel. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 130 pages; Physical desc. : 130 p : illus. ; 26 cm. Subject: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Bibliography. Contents: Charles Dickens and his illustrators / by Arthur Waugh - A bibliographical list of the original illustrations to the works of Charles Dickens being those made under his supervision, now compiled for the first time / by Thomas Hatton - Retrospectus: editions of Dickens's works - Prospectus: the Nonesuch Dickens. Title page vignette. Lithographic reproductions by the Curwen Press --Colophon. Spine and cover title: Nonesuch Dickensiana. Item #182164
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