Apr 30, 2008 10:00 EST
Books and Prints
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
MALLARME, STEPHANE. L'apres-midi d'un faune. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1956. One of 100 specially bound copies, with a suite of four experimental engravings by John Buckland-Wright that do not appear in the book; there were a further 100 copies in cloth, without suite. Original full blue-green morocco, with original slipcase and sleeve. 11 1/4 inches (28 cm), top edge gilt. 12 pp., plus blank and colophon leaf. Illustrated with collotype reproductions after wash drawings by Buckland-Wright. Bookplate.
Translated by Aldous Huxley. Reid A checklist of the book illustrations of John Buckland Wright A74; Cock-a-hoop 204.
Sold for $1,375
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
MALLARME, STEPHANE. L'apres-midi d'un faune. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1956. One of 100 specially bound copies, with a suite of four experimental engravings by John Buckland-Wright that do not appear in the book; there were a further 100 copies in cloth, without suite. Original full blue-green morocco, with original slipcase and sleeve. 11 1/4 inches (28 cm), top edge gilt. 12 pp., plus blank and colophon leaf. Illustrated with collotype reproductions after wash drawings by Buckland-Wright. Bookplate.
Translated by Aldous Huxley. Reid A checklist of the book illustrations of John Buckland Wright A74; Cock-a-hoop 204.
Auction: Books and Prints, Apr 30, 2008
