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Nonesuch Press

London, England. Started in 1922 by Francis Meynell, his wife Vera, and David Garnett. It received its name from a Tudor palace. Its first edition, John Donne Love Poems. was issued in 1923. It usually tried to publish books which were out of print or hard to get. Unlike most other fine publishers, it designed its publications on a small Albion, but then sent them out to a commercial printing house to be produced. This resulted in a quality product at much lower rates than most fine presses. The twenties and thirties were the high points for this press but it continued until the 1960s. In 2005, Peter Mayer purchased the press to reissue some of the editions.

The Book of Ruth.
Nonesuch Press. 1923. #208 of 250.
Anacreon.
Done Into English Out of the Original Greek. Abraham Cowley and S. B. Engravings by Stephen Gooden. Nonesuch Press. 1923. #25 of 725. Signed by Stephen Gooden. In cardboard case.
The Apocrypha.
Nonesuch Press. London. 1924. Engraved by Stephen Gooden. #131 of 1250.
The Holy Bible.
Genesis to Ruth. Nonesuch Press. 1925. Engraved by Stephen Gooden. 1000 copies.
The Holy Bible.
Samuel to Psalms. Nonesuch Press. 1925. Engraved by Stephen Gooden. 1000 copies.
The Holy Bible.
Proverbs to Malachi. Nonesuch Press. 1926. Engraved by Stephen Gooden. 1000 copies.
The Holy Bible.
The New Testament. Nonesuch Press. 1927. Engraved by Stephen Gooden. 1000 copies.
Vathek.
William Beckford. Translator – Herbert B. Grimsditch. Illustrator – Marion V. Dorn. Nonesuch Press. 1929. #46 of 1050. In cardboard case.
Select Poems Divine and Human.
Thomas Beedome. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. 1928. #923 of 1250. In cardboard case.
Pencil Drawings by William Blake.
William Blake. Second Series. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. 1956. #453 of 1440.
The Illustrations of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil.
William Blake. Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. London. 1937. #596 of 1000. In cardboard case.
The Notebook of William Blake Called the Rossetti Manuscript.
Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. London. 1935. 650 copies.
Pencil Drawings by William Blake.
Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. London. 1935. 650 copies.
The Writing of William Blake. Vol. I.
Edited by Georffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. 1925. #874 of 1500.
The Writing of William Blake. Vol. II.
Edited by Georffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. 1925.
The Writing of William Blake. Vol. III.
Edited by Georffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. 1925.
The Book of the Bear.
Jane Harrison & Hope Mirrless. Pictures by Ray Garnett. Nonesuch Press. London. 1926. In cardboard case.
The Pilgrim's Progress and the Life and Death of Mr. Badman.
John Bunyan. Nonesuch Press. 1928. #84 or 1600.
The Anatomy of Melancholy.
Robert Burton. Illustrated by E. Mcknight Kauffer. Nonesuch Press. London. 1925. #29 of 40.
Butleriana.
Preface by A.T. Bartholomew. Nonesuch Press. 1932. #498 of 600.
Don Quixote De La Mancha. Vol. I.
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. Illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Nonesuch Press. London. 1930. #1161 of 1475.
Don Quixote De La Mancha. Vol. II.
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. Illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Nonesuch Press. London. 1930. #1161 of 1475.
Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine.
William Cobbett. Nonesuch Press. London. 1927. #1269 of 1800.
Minnow Among Tritons.
Mrs. S.T. Coleridge's Letters to Thomas Poole 1799-1834. Edited by Stephen Potter. Nonesuch Press. 1934. #303 of 675.
Selected Poems of Coleridge.
S.T. Coleridge. Illustrations by Stefan Mrozewski. Nonesuch Press. 1935. #303 of 500.
The Devil and All.
John Collier. Nonesuch Press. 1934. #319 of 1000.
Letters from Conrad 1895 to 1924.
Edited by Edward Garnett. Nonesuch Press. 1928. #559 of 925. In cardboard case.
The Mistress with Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1618-1667.
Edited by John Sparrow. Nonesuch Press. London. 1927. #310 of 1050. In cardboard case.
La Divina Comedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian and English.
Edited by Mario Casella and H. F. Clay. Drawings by Sandro Botticelli. Nonesuch Press. 1928. #278 of 1475. In cardboard case.
The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo.
Bernard Darwin and Elinor Darwin. Nonesuch Press. London. No date listed but circa 1925 or 1926.
Complete Poetry and Selected Prose John Donne.
Edited by John Hayward. Nonesuch press. New York. Random House. 1929. #124 of 675. In cardboard case.
The Courtier's Library or Catalogues Librorum Aulicorum.
John Donne. Edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson. Nonesuch Press. 1930. #467 of 950. In cardboard case.
Donne's Sermon of Valediction at his Going into Germany.
John Donne. Edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson. Nonesuch Press. London. 1932. #303 of 750. In cardboard case.
Love Poems of John Donne.
Nonesuch Press. 1923. #979 of 1250. In cardboard case.
Paradoxes and Problemes.
John Donne. Nonesuch Press. Soho. #111 of 645.
X Sermons preached by that Late Learned and Rev. Divine John Donne. MDCCCCXXIII (1923).
Nonesuch Press. Soho. #606 of 725.
Dryden the Dramatic Works in Six Volumes. Vol. 1.
Edited by Montague Sumners. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXI (1931). #306 of 750.
Dryden the Dramatic Works in Six Volumes. Vol. 2.
Edited by Montague Sumners. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXI (1931). #306 of 750.
Dryden the Dramatic Works in Six Volumes. Vol. 3.
Edited by Montague Sumners. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXI (1931). #306 of 750.
Dryden the Dramatic Works in Six Volumes. Vol. 4.
Edited by Montague Sumners. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXI (1931). #306 of 750.
Dryden the Dramatic Works in Six Volumes. Vol. 5.
Edited by Montague Sumners. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXI (1931). #306 of 750.
Dryden the Dramatic Works in Six Volumes. Vol. 6.
Edited by Montague Sumners. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXI (1931). #306 of 750.
Chapman.
Havelock Ellis. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. 1934. #156 of 700.
Directions for the Gardiner at Says-Court.
John Evelyn. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. 1932. #188 of 625.
Memoires for My Grand-son.
John Evelyn. Preface by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. 1926. #710 of 1250. In cardboard case.
The Complete Works of George Farquhar in Two Volumes. Vol. 1.
Edited by Charles Stonehill. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXX (1930). #309 of 1000. In cardboard case.
The Complete Works of George Farquhar in Two Volumes. Vol. 2.
Edited by Charles Stonehill. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXX (1930). #309 of 1000. In cardboard case.
A Plurality of Worlds.
Bernard De Fontenelle. Translation by John Glanvill. Prologue by David Garnett. Nonesuch Press. 1929. #541 of 1200.
Genesis.
Paul Nash. (Twelve woodcut by Paul Nash). Nonesuch Press. Soho. MCMXXIV (1924). #124 of 375.
The Greek Portrait.
Edited by George Rostrevor Hamilton. Illustrations – Mariette Lydis. Nonesuch Press. London. 1934. #311 of 425. In cardboard case.
The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey.
De Mortu Cordis 1628. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. London. 1953. #773 of 1450. In cardboard case.
The Temple Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations.
George Herbert. Nonesuch Press. London. 1927. #919 of 1500. In cardboard case.
Selected Essays of William Hazlitt 1778-1830.
Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. London. 1930.
The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus.
Translation by G. Rawlinson. Revised by A. W. Laurence. Woodcut by V. Le Campion. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXXV (1935). #670 of 675. In cardboard case.
Homer, The Illiad.
Alexander Pope. Nonesuch Press. MCMXXXI (1931). #788 of 925. In cardboard box.
Odyssey.
Alexander Pope. Nonesuch Press. MCMXXXI (1931). #567 of 835. In cardboard.
The Death of Christopher Marlowe.
J. Leslie Hotson. Nonesuch Press. London. 1925. In cardboard case.
153 Letters from WH Hudson.
Edited by Edward Garnett. Nonesuch Press. Soho. MCMXXIII (1923). #611 of 1000.
De Maisse: A Journal of All That Was Accomplished by Monsieur De Maisse.
Translated by G. B. Harrison and R. A. Jones. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. 1931.
Kisses Being the Basia of Iohannes Secundus.
Translated by T. Stanley. Nonesuch Press. Soho. 1923. #337 of 725.
Jane Austen: A Biography.
Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. London. 1925. #221 of 875.
Bibliography of William Hazlitt.
Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press. London. 1931. #153 of 750.
The Poems of Bishop Henry King.
Edited by John Sparrow. Nonesuch Press. London. 1925. #786 of 700. In cardboard case.
Graziella.
A. De. Lamartine. Translated by Ralph Wright. Illustrations by Jacquier. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXIX (1929). #726 of 1600.
The Latin Portrait.
G. Rostrevor Hamilton. Nonesuch Press. London. 1929. #58 of 1050.
Ladies' Mistake.
James Laver. Illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. 1933.
Love Among the Haystacks.
D.H. Lawrence. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXX (1930). Reminiscence by David Garnett. #1269 of 1600.
Love's Progress or the Education of Araminta.
James Laver. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXIX (1929). #219 of 1525.
A Stitch in Time; or, Pride Prevents a Fall.
James Laver. Nonesuch Press. London. 1927. #494 of 1525.
Benito Cereno.
Herman Melville. Pictures by E. McKnight Kauffer. The Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXVI (1926) of 1650. In cardboard case.
The Letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell with annotations thereto 1896-1907.
Nonesuch Press. London. 1923. #289 of 850.
Selected Poems of Alice Meynell.
Introductory note by W.M. Nonesuch Press. 1930.
The Mask of Comus.
John Milton. Henry Lawes. Foreword by the Earl of Ellesmere. Ornamented by M.R.H. Farraar. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. 1937. #191 of 950. In cardboard case.
Poems in English.
Paradise Lost. Vol. 1. John Milton. Illustrations by William Blake. Nonesuch Press. 1926. # 1282 of 1450. In cardboard case.
Poems in English.
Miscellaneous. Vol. 2. John Milton. Illustrations by William Blake. Nonesuch Press. 1926. #1282 of 1450. In cardboard case.
Montaigne's Essays. Vol. I.
John Florio's translation. Edited by J.I.M. Stewart. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXI. (1931). #121 of 900. In cardboard case.
Montaigne's Essays. Vol. II.
John Florio's translation. Edited by J.I.M. Stewart. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXI. (1931). In cardboard case.
A Communications to My Friends.
George Moore. Nonesuch Press. 1933. #693 of 1000.
Histories of Tales of Past Times Told by Mother Goose with Morals.
Written in French by M. Perrault, & Englished by G.M., Gent. Newly edited by J. Saxon Childers. Nonesuch Press. London. 1925. #123 of 1250
The Complete Works of Thomas Otway. Vol. 1.
Edited by Montague Summers. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXVI (1926). #92 of 1250.
The Complete Works of Thomas Otway. Vol. 2.
Edited by Montague Summers. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXVI (1926).
The Complete Works of Thomas Otway. Vol. 3.
Edited by Montague Summers. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXVI (1926).
Pythian Odes.
Pindar. Translated by H.T. Wade-Gery & C.M Bowra. Nonesuch Press. 1928. #419 of 1050. In cardboard case.
Plato's Symposium or Supper of Plato.(view photo)
Translated by Francis Birrell & Shane Leslie. Nonesuch Press. #1020 of 1050.
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The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans compared together by that grave and learnded philosopher and histographer Plutarke of Chaeronea. Translated by Thomas North. Nonesuch Press. #587 of 1550.
North's Plutarch. Vol. II.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans compared together by that grave and learnded philosopher and histographer Plutarke of Chaeronea. Translated by Thomas North. Nonesuch Press.
North's Plutarch. Vol. III.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans compared together by that grave and learnded philosopher and histographer Plutarke of Chaeronea. Translated by Thomas North. Nonesuch Press.
North's Plutarch. Vol. IV.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans compared together by that grave and learnded philosopher and histographer Plutarke of Chaeronea. Translated by Thomas North. Nonesuch Press.
North's Plutarch. Vol. V.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans compared together by that grave and learnded philosopher and histographer Plutarke of Chaeronea. Translated by Thomas North. Nonesuch Press.
Pope's Own Miscellany.
Edited by Norman Ault. Nonesuch Press. London. MCMXXXV (1935). #416 of 750.
The Receipt Book of Elizabeth Raper.
Edited by Bartle Grant. Portrait and decorations by Duncan Grant. Nonesuch Press. 1924. #784 of 850. In cardboard case.
Irene Iddesleigh.
Mrs. Amanda M'Kittrick Ros. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXVI (1926). #680 of 1250.
Collected Works of John Wilmot Earl of Rochester.
Edited by John Hayward. Nonesuch Press.
The Works of Shakespeare. Vol. I.
Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Nonesuch Press. New York: Random House. MCMXXIX (1929). #336 of 1550. In cardboard case.
The Works of Shakespeare. Vol. II.
Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Nonesuch Press. New York: Random House. MCMXXIX (1929). In cardboard case.
The Works of Shakespeare. Vol. III.
Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Nonesuch Press. New York: Random House. MCMXXX (1930). In cardboard case.
The Works of Shakespeare. Vol. IV.
Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Nonesuch Press. New York: Random House. MCMXXXI (1931). In cardboard case.
The Works of Shakespeare. Vol. V.
Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Nonesuch Press. New York: Random House. MCMXXXII (1932). In cardboard case.
The Works of Shakespeare. Vol. VI.
Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Nonesuch Press. New York: Random House. MCMXXXII (1932). In cardboard case.
The Works of Shakespeare. Vol.VII.
Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Nonesuch Press. New York: Random House. MCMXXXIII (1933). In cardboard case.
Astrophel & Stella.
Sir Philip Sidney. Edited by Mona Wilson. Nonesuch Press. MCMXXXI (1931). #1025 of 1210. In cardboard case.
The Nonesuch Century.
An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press 1923-1934. A.J. A. Symons, Desmond Flower & Francis Meynell. Nonesuch Press. London. 1936. #146 of 750.
In Memoriam.
A.H.H. 1811-1833. By Alfred Lord Tennyson. Nonesuch Press. London. 1933. #1520 of 2000. In cardboard case. With ephemera.
The Seasons.
James Thomson. Five pictures by Jacquier. Introduction by John Beresford. Nonesuch Press. London. 1927. #543 of 1500. In cardboard case.
Brokenbrow.
A Tragedy by Ernst Toller. Translated by Vera Mendel. Drawings by Georg Grosz. Nonesuch Press. London.
Masses and Man
A Fragment of the Social Revolution of the Twentieth Century. Ernest Toller. Translated by Vera Mendel. Nonesuch Press. London. 1923.
The Works of Sir John Vanbrugh. Vol. I.
Plays edited by Bonamy Dobree. Letters edited by Geoffrey Webb. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXVII (1927). #1219 of 1410.
The Works of Sir John Vanbrugh. Vol. II.
Plays edited by Bonamy Dobree. Letters edited by Geoffrey Webb. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXVII (1927).
The Works of Sir John Vanbrugh. Vol.III.
Plays edited by Bonamy Dobree. Letters edited by Geoffrey Webb. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXVII (1927).
The Works of Sir John Vanbrugh. Vol. IV.
Plays edited by Bonamy Dobree. Letters edited by Geoffrey Webb. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. MCMXXVIII (1928).
Silurist.
Henry Vaughan. Nonesuch Press. Soho. 1924. #816 of 850. In cardboard case.
The Princess of Babylon.
M. DeVoltaire. Decorations by Thomas Lowinsky. Nonesuch Press. London. 1927. #628 of 1500.
The Compleat Angler.
The Lives of Donne Wotton Hooker Herbert & Sanderson. Izaak Walton. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. Nonesuch Press. Bloomsbury. 1929. #524 of 1600. In cardboard case.
The Life of William Blake.
Mona Wilson. Nonesuch Press. London. 1927. #767 of 1480.
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