A group of English private press books

A selection of Private Press books, mostly Nonesuch Press. Comprises The Holy Bible and The Apocrypha Reprinted According to the Authorised Version 1611. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1942-27. Five volumes. Cream faux parchment. Spines toned, wear. Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Aligheri in Italian & English. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928. One of 1475 copies. Publisher's orange vellum. Spine somewhat faded, boards slightly bowed as usual; DEFOE, DANIEL. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, London, 1929. One of 500 regular copies, inscribed on the colophon by the illustrator, McKnight Kauffer, with a letter on his stationery presenting the book. Dark blue pictorial cloth Covers soiled and a bit spotted; DONNE, JOHN. Complete Poetry and Selected Prose. Nonesuch Press: London, 1929. One of 585 copies. Publisher's blue levant. Binding toned, bands a bit rubbed; HOMER. The Iliad. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. One of 1450 copies. Full brown niger morocco gilt. Leather darkened. And five other minor Nonesuch works. Condition varies. The group sold as a collection, not subject to return.
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