Author: Sharp, R, Farquharson. & Rhys, Ernest.
Title: The Reader's Guide to Everyman's Library. Being a Catalogue of the First 888 Volumes.
Description: Everyman's Library Vol.889. J.M. Dent. London 1932 stated 1st edition. Plum cloth boards. 255pp small 8vo 0.3kg. Bookplate to front pastedown (Thomas Hugh Grocott of Grocott & Sherry, Grahamstown booksellers, stationers, printers, and owners of the Grocott's Mail newspaper of historical note). An attractive clean sound VG copy. Includes original Everyman's bookmark. No dustwrapper Ernest Rhys contributes a significant essay of the founding and design of the Everyman's library. The volumes in this library were designed to be affordable to the common man, hence the title chosen. The forerunner to John Lanes Penguin series.

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