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George Moore
Ulick and Soracha
London: Nonesuch Press, 1926. Stk. PR 5042 U7
1926.
‘The Nonesuch Press remains a stumbling block when it comes
to defining the term private press.’ (Cave) It was not in
the Arts and Craft tradition of Kelmscott and Doves Press, where
most of the work was done by hand, nor did it retain the services
of single commercial printer. Founder Francis Meynell maintained
that the ‘machine in printing was a controllable tool’
and that the result could be equally fine. He was a designer, an
architect of books rather than a builder. Meynell exploited the
various printing houses and all their resources to produce many
fine books. In 1926, he used T. and A. Constable in Edinburgh to
print this first edition of Moore’s Ulick and Soracha; one
of eight books printed that year. The copper engraving is by Stephen
Gooden. Signed by Moore, it sold for 2 guineas. |