The Complete Works of William Congreve
ed. Montague Summers
1923
The Nonesuch Press
Limited Edition
4to, 4 vols.
Description:
The Nonesuch Press limited edition of 1923 of The Complete Works of William Congreve, edited by Montague Summers. This edition is numbered. 851/1000. It was the first time that Congreve’s plays, poems, letters and novel had been brought together in one edition, and is revered due to Summers’s editorial ability and the enterprise of the Nonesuch Press. It contains his five great plays, among them The Way of the World and Love for Love, with his poems, his preface to Dryden, his contributions to the Tatler, his letters and the novel Incognita, and Summers adds an extensive introduction and notes.
Condition:
Very Good Condition. Black cloth sine with blue paper covered boards. Binding is firm. Rough-cut edges. Tanning and foxing to end papers. Ex libris to inside front cover. Boards are good with light edge-wear. Light mark to volume 2 front board.
The Complete Works of William Congreve
ed. Montague Summers
1923
The Nonesuch Press
Limited Edition
4to, 4 vols.
Description:
The Nonesuch Press limited edition of 1923 of The Complete Works of William Congreve, edited by Montague Summers. This edition is numbered. 851/1000. It was the first time that Congreve’s plays, poems, letters and novel had been brought together in one edition, and is revered due to Summers’s editorial ability and the enterprise of the Nonesuch Press. It contains his five great plays, among them The Way of the World and Love for Love, with his poems, his preface to Dryden, his contributions to the Tatler, his letters and the novel Incognita, and Summers adds an extensive introduction and notes.
Condition:
Very Good Condition. Black cloth sine with blue paper covered boards. Binding is firm. Rough-cut edges. Tanning and foxing to end papers. Ex libris to inside front cover. Boards are good with light edge-wear. Light mark to volume 2 front board.
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