The Nonesuch Dickens : retrospectus and prospectus
1937, First Edition. Bloomsbury : Nonesuch Press. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's signature. Item #308175
Physical description; 128 p. : ill., facsims. ; 26 cm. Notes; Half-title: 'Nonesuch Dickensiana'.Includes a form for advance subscription and envelope addressed to the Nonesuch Press. Contents; I. Charles Dickens and his illustrators / by Arthur Waugh. -- II. 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. -- III. Retrospectus: editions of Dickens's works. -- IV. Prospectus: the Nonesuch Dickens. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) Bibliography. Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) ; Illustrations. Browne, Hablot Knight (1815-1882). Nonesuch Dickens. Illustrators England. Book Illustration. Genre; Bibliographies.
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