GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
LUCIAN. The true history of Lucian the Samosatenian... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. One of 275 numbered copies. Original publisher's niger-backed boards, in slipcase of issue. 2 ff., 44 pp., colophon leaf; illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. * MATHERS, POWYS. Love night. A Laotian gallantry. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. One of 195 copies on English vellum-paper, of which this is one of 74 specially bound, with a suite at the rear. Original publisher's green stained vellum. 140 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood engravings by John Buckland Wright. * The travels and sufferings of Father Jean de Brebeuf. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. One of 300 numbered copies. Original publisher's cloth backed boards. 197 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood engravings by Eric Gill. * POWYS, LLEWELYN. The book of days of Llewellyn Powys. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. One of 55 signed by the artist, specially bound, with a suite, from the edition of 300. Original publisher's red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, in the slipcase of issue. 87 pp., with engravings by Elizabeth Corsellis. Various sizes from 13 inches (33 cm) to 10 inches (25 cm). Some light wear, generally sound copies; one plate lacking from the suite in Love Night..
Respectively Chanticleer 53, and Pertelote 113, 136 & 118.
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
LUCIAN. The true history of Lucian the Samosatenian... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. One of 275 numbered copies. Original publisher's niger-backed boards, in slipcase of issue. 2 ff., 44 pp., colophon leaf; illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. * MATHERS, POWYS. Love night. A Laotian gallantry. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. One of 195 copies on English vellum-paper, of which this is one of 74 specially bound, with a suite at the rear. Original publisher's green stained vellum. 140 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood engravings by John Buckland Wright. * The travels and sufferings of Father Jean de Brebeuf. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. One of 300 numbered copies. Original publisher's cloth backed boards. 197 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood engravings by Eric Gill. * POWYS, LLEWELYN. The book of days of Llewellyn Powys. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. One of 55 signed by the artist, specially bound, with a suite, from the edition of 300. Original publisher's red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, in the slipcase of issue. 87 pp., with engravings by Elizabeth Corsellis. Various sizes from 13 inches (33 cm) to 10 inches (25 cm). Some light wear, generally sound copies; one plate lacking from the suite in Love Night..
Respectively Chanticleer 53, and Pertelote 113, 136 & 118.
Auction: Books and Prints, Apr 30, 2008