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Nonesuch Press was a private Press founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell , his wife Vera, and David Garnett . The press was at its peak in the 1920s and '30s , but continued operating through the mid- 1960s . Nonesuch was unusual among private presses in that it used a small Hand Press to design books but had them printed by commercial Printers . The purpose of this method was to produce book designs with the quality of a fine-press but available to a wider audience at lower prices. Among the press's best-known editions were the collected works of William Congreve and William Wycherley and translations of Cervantes and Dante . A number of illustrated editions were also produced. Nonesuch's editions are prized by collectors; particularly rare and well-designed editions can sell more than £1000 ($1774 U.S.). |
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