Yale Center for British Art

Title:
From the Third programme : a ten-years' anthology : imagination, argument, experience, exposition / edited by John Morris.
Published / Created:
London : Nonesuch Press, 66 Chandos Place, London WC2, 1956.
Physical Description:
x, 339, [3] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Of this book designed by Francis Meynell a numbered edition of thirteen hundred tall copies has been printed on Barcham Green's rag mould-made paper by the Stellar Press for sale in the United Kingdom by the Nonesuch Press and in Canada and the United States by Max Reinhardt (Canada) Limited, Toronto. Unlike the standard edition it contains decorations by B.S. Biro. The binding is by Leighton-Straker."--Colophon.
Contents:
Imagination. The descent into the cave / James Kirkup -- The heart of a king / William Plomer -- Maisie / V.S. Pritchett -- Antigone / Henry Reed -- Syler's green / Stevie Smith.
Subject Terms:
English literature -- 20th century. | Literature. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Wood engravings -- 1956.
Contributors:
Morris, John, 1895–1980, editor. | Biro, Val, 1921–2014, illustrator. | Nonesuch Press, publisher. | Stellar Press, printer. | Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co., binder. | Meynell, Francis, 1891–1975, book designer. | Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888–1965. Virgil and the Christian world. | British Broadcasting Corporation. Third Programme.