Apr 30, 2008 10:00 EST
Books and Prints
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
John Fryer of the Bounty written by his daughter Mary Ann... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by Owen Rutter and Avril MacKenzie-Grieve. Original publisher's blue cloth. 54 pp., with wood engravings by MacKenzie-Grieve. * The voyage of the Bounty's launch as related in William Bligh's despatch to the Admiralty and the journal of John Fryer... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. One of 300 numbered copies. Original publishers bi-colored cloth binding. 86 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings * Bligh's Voyage in the Resource... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. One of 350 numbered copies. Original publishers bi-colored cloth binding. 161 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood engravings by Peter Barker-Mill. * MORRISON, JAMES. The journal of James Morrison boatswain's mate of the Bounty... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. One of 250 numbered copies. Original publishers bi-colored cloth binding. 242 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. All volumes 12 3/8 inches (31 cm), top edges gilt. All volumes 12 3/8 inches (31 cm), the first two with top edges gilt. Some light wear, generally clean copies, bookplates in the first two titles.
As with most of the Golden Cockerel Bounty series, the editor was Owen Rutter. Pertelote 146; Chanticleer 95; Pertelote 120; Chanticleer 102.
Sold for $1,875
Estimated at $600 - $800
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
John Fryer of the Bounty written by his daughter Mary Ann... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by Owen Rutter and Avril MacKenzie-Grieve. Original publisher's blue cloth. 54 pp., with wood engravings by MacKenzie-Grieve. * The voyage of the Bounty's launch as related in William Bligh's despatch to the Admiralty and the journal of John Fryer... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. One of 300 numbered copies. Original publishers bi-colored cloth binding. 86 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings * Bligh's Voyage in the Resource... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. One of 350 numbered copies. Original publishers bi-colored cloth binding. 161 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood engravings by Peter Barker-Mill. * MORRISON, JAMES. The journal of James Morrison boatswain's mate of the Bounty... London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. One of 250 numbered copies. Original publishers bi-colored cloth binding. 242 pp., plus colophon leaf, with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. All volumes 12 3/8 inches (31 cm), top edges gilt. All volumes 12 3/8 inches (31 cm), the first two with top edges gilt. Some light wear, generally clean copies, bookplates in the first two titles.
As with most of the Golden Cockerel Bounty series, the editor was Owen Rutter. Pertelote 146; Chanticleer 95; Pertelote 120; Chanticleer 102.
Auction: Books and Prints, Apr 30, 2008
