Item #9156 The Courtier's Library. John Donne.

The Courtier's Library. Or catalogus librorum aulicorum incomparabilium et non vendibilium. Edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson with a translation.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. 16mo. Limited edition. #625 of 950 copies. Original boards loosely covered with turquoise paper, with black leather label on spine, gilt. In black paper-covered slipcase, as issued. All edges untrimmed. Printed in Fell types on Auvergne handmade paper. Spine faded (as usual) and with small loss to the middle where, presumably, careless fingers have pulled the book from its slipcase. Bookplate of John Seward Roe to front pastedown. A little scattered foxing throughout. Very good + in fine slipcase. Item #9156

Price: £45.00

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