[Private Press] [Chapman, George] Ellis, Havelock

[Nonesuch Press] CHAPMAN by Havelock Ellis with Illustrative Passages

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1934. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Item #7354

Octavo. [6], 146, [2] pp. Limited edition, number 2 of 75 specially bound copies from a full edition of 700. As issued, in publisher's niger goatskin with title and striking horizontal stamping on the spine. Binding with a bit of superficial rubbing to the covers; corners a trifled bumped; a solid binding. offsetting the free endpapers and to some of the deckled edges throughout; nevertheless, a clean, bright interior.

A beautifully printed volume set in Monotype Centaur and Arrighi on Van Gelder paper. This copy has notable provenance with the bookplate of American collector, Norman J. Sondheim and the armorial plate of English John Roland Abbey. The recto of the rear free endpaper has a contemporary note by Abbey, "J. A. 144. / 20:6:1934 / Special Binding by Meynell. / Cost £2:7:6." Dreyfus 93.

Price: $350.00