[Rarebooks] FS: CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE W. JONES, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $75 NET

(JONES, George W.). CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE W. JONES AT THE 
SIGN OF THE DOLPHIN NEXT TO DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSE IN GOUGH SQUARE, FLEET 
STREET, LONDON E.C.4. [London]: [The Sign of the Dolphin], [1938]. First 
Edition. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in half cream canvas and 
decorated gray boards, a similar style to the Chaucer titles Jones 
printed for the LImited Editions Club. Printed for private circulation 
and illustrated throughout with samples from his work. An Ode by E.M. 
Rudland "To George W. Jones Master Printer" is bound in. The colophon 
states that this book is the last printed by Jones at The Sign of the 
Dolphin. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the printer on a front blank, 
possibly to a relative. Contents Fine; covers with some soiling and mild 
dampstaining. Overall Very Good.
This was actually the Second Catalogue of Jones's library, as designated 
on the spine of the book and in his preface. His first library was at 
Monksbarn and was sold by Sotheby's in 1936. (#017909)        $100.00

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