Apr 30, 2008 10:00 EST
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. One of 200 copies (with 4 on vellum). Original publisher's binding of issue; three-quarters black morocco by Zaehnsdorf, marbled cloth sides by Sidney Cockerel. 13 inches (33 cm), top edge gilt. 379 pp., plus colophon. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Mary Groom. Sides very slightly rubbed.
An extremely handsome edition.
Pertelote 119.
Sold for $1,875
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Includes Buyer's Premium
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. One of 200 copies (with 4 on vellum). Original publisher's binding of issue; three-quarters black morocco by Zaehnsdorf, marbled cloth sides by Sidney Cockerel. 13 inches (33 cm), top edge gilt. 379 pp., plus colophon. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Mary Groom. Sides very slightly rubbed.
An extremely handsome edition.
Pertelote 119.
Auction: Books and Prints, Apr 30, 2008
