Reprinted pieces : The uncommercial traveller and other stories.
Published / Created:
Bloomsbury : The Nonesuch Press, 1938.
Physical Description:
xiii, [1], 857, [3] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This edition of Reprinted Pieces and other later minor works of Dickens, part of the Nonesuch Dickens designed by Francis Meynell, is limited to 877 copies. The text is printed in Scotland by R. & R. Clark Ltd., in this specially-cut version of Martin's type; the binding is executed by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co., Ltd.; and the paper was made by the Worthy Paper Company Association of West Springfield."--Colophon.
Contents:
The long voyage -- The begging-letter writer -- A child's dream of a star -- Our English watering-place -- Bill-sticking -- Births: Mrs. Meek, of a son -- Lying awake -- The poor relation's story -- The child's story -- The schoolboy's story -- Nobody's story -- The ghost of art -- Out of town -- Out of the season -- A poor man's tale of a patent -- The noble savage -- A flight -- The detective police -- The short-timers -- A small star in the East -- Aboard ship -- A little dinner in an hour -- Mr. Barlow -- On an amateur beat -- A plea for total abstinence -- The ruffian -- Holiday romance -- Hunted down -- George Silverman's explanation -- The lamplighter's story -- The lazy tour of two idle apprentices.
Subject Terms:
English fiction. | Short stories, English. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Fiction. | Photomechanical prints -- 1938.
Contributors:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870. Short stories. Selections. | Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870. Works. Selections 1938. | Meynell, Francis, 1891–1975, book designer. | Nonesuch Press, publisher. | R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer. | Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co., binder.