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1929007157London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. #1546 of an edition of 1600 1200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press and 400 copies for sale in the United States by Random House. John Glanvill's translation of 1688. Designed by Francis Meynell printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press colour-stencil decorations by T.L. Poulton. Near Fine gilt at spine a bit dulled yet legible prior owner bookplate and gift inscription front end pages rear end page toned from old paper laid in. Lacking the slipcase. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Nonesuch Press Hardcover books
1929229923London: Nonesuch 1929. hardcover. very good. John Glanvill's Translation with a Prologue by David Garnett. Illustrated with 7 color stencil vignette. 140pp. Short 8vo full limp vellum lightly dust soiled; uncut edges t.e.g. Housed in a patterned board slipcase. London: Nonesuch Press 1929. A very good copy in a good slipcase.<br/><br/> Limited numbered edition. A delightful classic of 17th century science.<br/><br/> Nonesuch unknown books
1929W916133London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Copy number 475. Full vellum with gilt titling on spine and gilt vignette on upper cover. Vellum has brown stain overall. TEG other edges untrimmed. The small leather ties at the spine have broken in 2 instances and dropped within the binding. John Glanvill's translation of the 1688 text. Designed by Francis Meynell. . Limited/Numbered. Vellum. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Nonesuch Press Hardcover books
192946920England: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limited to 1600 copies 8vo pp. x 138 2; full vellum with gilt title on spine and gilt design on upper cover t.e.g. color stencil illustrations by T. L. Poulton discoloration to binding along spine otherise a tight bright copy in decorated slipcase. Originally published in 1686 this book was one of the first to explore scientific concepts in popular language and one of the earliest to discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial life. <br/><br/> The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1929WRCLIT75016London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limp vellum over wrappers. Translated by John Glanvill prologue by D. Garnett. Color headpieces. One of 1600 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Ink name on free endsheet vellum a trifle dust darkened but a good copy without slipcase. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1929WRCLIT75022London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limp vellum over wrappers. Translated by John Glanvill prologue by D. Garnett. Color headpieces. One of 1600 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Faint tidemark at fore-edge of front pastedown otherwise a very good copy in edgeworn slipcase. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1929101302London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. First Nonesuch press edition of de Fontenelle's A Plurality of Worlds. Octavo bound in full contemporary vellum with gilt titles to the spine hand-colored gilt headers to each chapter top edge gilt others uncut. Translated by John Glanvill. Prologue by David Garnett. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. Founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell his second wife Vera Mendel and their mutual friend David Garnett The Nonesuch Press was established in the basement of Garnett's bookshop in Soho. Nonesuch was unusual among private presses in that it used a small hand press to design books and then had them printed by commercial printers. Among the press's best-known editions were the collected works of William Congreve and William Wycherley and translations of Cervantes and Dante. Originally published in 1686 Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle's Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds is considered to be one of the first major works of the Age of Enlightenment offering an explanation for the heliocentric model of the Universe suggested by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1929Embry 166694The Nonesuch Press 1929. Light wear near fine in custom mylar cover. Limp vellum. Trans. by John Glanvill and with a prologue by David Garnett. The Nonesuch Press, 1929. hardcover books
192922389London: Nonesuch Press 1929. Nonesuch Press unknown books
1929RW1079London:: Nonesuch Press 1929. 1929. 8vo. ix 1 138 2 pp. Title vignette in red and black decorative blue and gilt headpieces. Original gilt-stamped vellum decorative slip-case; case rubbed. Fine. Limited edition of 1200 copies printed for U.K. distribution an additional 400 distributed by Random House in the US. Nonesuch Press, 1929. hardcover books
1959Z1245Philadelphia:: American Philosophical Society 1959. 1959. Series: Transactions of the APS New Series Vol. 49 Part 7 1959. 4to. 64 2 pp. Printed wrappers; bottom corner slightly bumped else near fine. American Philosophical Society, 1959. unknown books
1955006272Oxford: Clarendon Press 1955. Edited by Robert Shackleton. 218p. original blue cloth. Clarendon Press unknown books
197067817New York and London: Johnson Reprint Corporation 1970. Hardcover. Fine. The Sources of Science No. 76. Small octavo. Original blue cloth binding with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. <br/><br/> Johnson Reprint Corporation hardcover books
