[Rarebooks] FS the Nonesuch Six

[Pia Oliver]

[CONRAD, Joseph].GARNETT, Edward, Editor.  Letters from Conrad 1895 
to 1924. London: The Nonesuch Press, (1928). With two portraits. 
Octavo, original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, 
others uncut and untrimmed. Spine browned, covers a trifle marked, 
else fine . First edition. One of 925 copies.	$125.00

HARVEY, William and KEYNES, Geoffrey, Editor.  The Anatomical 
Exercises of Dr. William Harvey. De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione 
Sanguinis 1649. London: The Nonesuch Press, (1928). With one plate. 
Octavo, full red niger morocco ruled in gilt, lettered in gilt on 
spine, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine a little 
faded, offsetting from dentelles, else a fine copy. Printed by Joh. 
Enschede en Zonen in the types of Fleischman and Chr. Van Dyck on 
Dutch hand-made paper. One of 1,450 copies.  This edition marked the 
tercentenary celebration of the first publication of the text of the 
famous De Motu Cordis, which appeared first in Latin. It was 
translated in 1653, and the original English version, which is used 
here, has not been reprinted since 1673. All of the Latin editions 
contained an engraved plate showing the valves in the vein of the 
forearm; this was omitted from the English editions. It is here 
re-engraved from a drawing by Stephen Gooden, and printed from the 
copper. [The Nonesuch Century,  p. 67].	$350.00

LAVER, James. Loves Progress or the Education of Araminta. 
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Quarto, original marbled 
wrappers over boards, glassine wrapper. Free endpapers with slight 
offset from wrappers, else fine. One of 1,525 copies.	$65.00

LAVER, James. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. London: The 
Nonesuch Press, 1927. Quarto, original marbled wrappers over boards, 
glassine wrapper. Bottom edge of front cover slightly creased, else 
fine. One of 1,525 copies.	 $65.00

MILTON, John and LAWES, Henry.  The Mask of Comus. Bloomsbury: The 
Nonesuch Press, 1937. With ornamentation by M.R.H. Farrar. Half 
folio, tan paperclad boards, decorated in blind, yapp edges. Slightly 
rubbed at spine ends, a few small smudges on covers, else fine. One 
of 950 copies.	$45.00

The First 100 Nonesuch Books
SYMONS, A.J.A and FLOWER, Desmond, and MEYNELL, Francis.  The 
Nonesuch Century. An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of 
the First Hundred Books Issued by the Press 1923 - 1934. London: The 
Nonesuch Press, 1936. Illustrated, including many insets. Small 
folio, original green cloth, green gilt-lettered morocco label on 
spine. Spine and top of covers faded, bookplate on front paste-down, 
else fine. One of 750 copies.	$450.00

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