From the Third Programme. A Ten-Years' Anthology. Imagination. Argument. Experience. Exposition. Edited by John Morris.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1956. Crown 8vo. First edition. Limited edition. #733 of 1300 tall copies (there was an 'unlimited' edition of 5000 copies). Original grey buckram, gilt. Top edge gilt 'on the rough', others untrimmed. Printed on Barcham Green rag paper. With slipcase covered in Cockerell marbled paper as issued. Four scrapperboard illustrations by B. S. Biro Slipcase a bit rubbed along the edges. Fine in near fine slipcase. Item #6240
John Morris was the Controller of the BBC's Third Programme and this anthology was his personal selection from the first decade of broadcasts. Those contributing include Graham Greene, T.S. Eliot, V.S. Pritchett, Henry Reed, Elizabeth Bowen, Max Beerbohm, Isaiah Berlin, E. M. Forster, Nikolaus Pevsner, Bertrand Russell, Stevie Smith and Thomas Mann.
Price: £60.00