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[UK - Nonesuch Press] BEEDOME, Thomas Select poems divine and humane. Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 8vo (first blank quire loosening). Thonged limp parchment, gilt lettering on upper board and spine, in slipcase as issued. Uncut copy. Edition limited to copies (n. on Van Gelder paper. Edited and with an introduction by Francis Meynell. One of the few works produced directly at the press. Founded in in London by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel, and their mutual friend David Garnett, the Nonesuch Press was established in the basement of Garnett's bookshop in Soho. Nonesuch was unusual among private presses in that it used a small hand press to design books and then had them printed by commercial printers. Among the press's best-known editions were the collected works of William Congreve and William Wycherley and translations of Cervantes and Dante. Vera Mendel and David Garnett advised on modern literature and Francis Meynell supervised the book production. The Press is named after the Tudor Palace of Nonesuch; the building itself and the two figures from one of its still preserved tapestries suggested the devices of the Press, which were designed and engraved on copper by Stephen Gooden "The Press was set up in the determination to choose and make books according to a triple ideal: significance of subject, beauty of format and moderation of price" (Tomkinson). Ref. Ransom, p. n. - Tomkinson, Bibliography of modern presses, p. Prov. "Helen Shoemaker, October New York City" (ms. ownership entry on flyleaf).