Meynell, Francis — English Printed Books

London, Collins, 1948. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Splendid copy of the stated Second Edition, printed red and white paper over boards, sympathetic dust jacket in Fine condition, protected further by Brodart dust jacket. Another fine contribution to the series, Britain in Pictures, by the uber-skilled typographer, the founder of Nonesuch Press in 1923, son also of the British poet Alice Meynell and of Wilfrid Meynell, Director of Burns & Oates. Eight plates in full color and 21illustrations in black-and-white. 46 [2] pp. and with a short bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,