Dryden

1931 · Best.-Nr. 015826 — London: The Nonesuch Press 1931. 6 vols complete. Near Fine unworn condition see photos. Appears unread. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. Uniformly bound in the original attractive marbled boards with green cloth spines stamped in shiny gold. Spines are still a pleasing green -- only very slightly sun-faded see photo -- much less than usual for this set which is often seen with spines sunned to an ugly brown. Each volume has long been protected by a homemade clear plastic dust jacket -- all of which have done their job well resulting in NO fraying and almost NO rubbing. PLEASE NOTE: Vertical white lines in the photos are light reflected from the clear plastic dust jackets NOTon the books themselves. There are faint shadows at the corners of the front free endpapers from tape adhesive offset minor -- see photo. Otherwise all pages are fresh crisp and unmarked -- uncut and unopened apparently never read. NO foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. Each volume measures 6.75" wide by 10.25" tall. This is number 457 of 750 standard sets another 50 having been being printed on Van Gelder paper. Volumes I-II were published in 1931; Volumes III-VI in 1932. cxxxvi 460pp; iv 532pp; iv 595pp; iv 603pp; iv 545pp; iv 594pp. Edited and with notes by Montague Summers. Top gilt edges are dusty. Dreyfus 80: "The first complete and critical edition of Dryden's plays published to celebrate the tercentenary of his birth." A HISTORY OF THE NONESUCH PRESS. d' A. Smith B25 Montague Summers bibliography. "Francis Meynell revised the format dropping the long esses making an easier narrower page." -- Richard Garnett THE PRIVATE LIBRARY Winter 1996. Shipping for this large heavy 6 vol. set is most economical by MEDIA MAIL you only pay our standard charge for 1 volume; and we ship the other 5 vols at no extra cost. Priority and International shipment are also available but ONLY by special arrangement and at significantly greater expense. First edition: Limited to 750. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. 6 vols: 3485 total pages. The Nonesuch Press Hardcover