George Moore — Pure Poetry

London , The Nonesuch Press, 1924. Cloth. A limited edition of this fine collection of poetry. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. Limited edition, number 908 of 1250 copies printed and made in Great Britain. Published by The Nonesuch Press, a private press founded in 1922. Printed on to Vidalon paper, as evident from the watermark most visible to title page. George Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. The anthology contains a wide selection of poetry from the likes of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Heywood, Blake, Keats, Coleridge, Shelley, Tennyson, Poe and many more. In original paper covered boards in a vellum paper dustwrapper. Externally, lovely condition. Dustwrapper is very smart with handling marks to wraps and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Offsetting from dustwrapper to endpapers. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.