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GOLDEN COCKERELL PRESS--Ben JONSON (?1573-1637). A Croppe of Kisses. Edited by John Wallis. London: 1937. 2° (303 x 185mm). Title printed in red, green and yellow. Initials printed in blue, red and green. Red crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt press device on upper cover, the spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (slight discoloration on spine, marks on upper cover). LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 46 OF 50 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES. Pertelote 121.
T.J. HOGG, T.L. PEACOCK, L. HUNT, P.B. SHELLEY et al. The Athenians. Edited by Walter Sidney Scott. London: 1943. 4° (250 x 186mm). Title printed in red and black. Frontispiece and collotype manuscript facsimile illustrations. Tan crushed morocco by Leighton-Straker, titled in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (affected by damp). LIMITED TO 350 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 23 OF 50 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Cockalorum 158.
P.B., H. and M. SHELLEY, and T.J. HOGG. Harriet & Mary. London: 1944. 4° (248 x 190mm). Title printed in red and black. Frontispiece and collotype manuscript facsimile illustrations. Tan crushed morocco by Leighton-Straker, titled in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (affected by damp). LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 26 OF 50 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Cockalorum 161.
LUCIAN of Samosata. The True Historie. Translated by Francis Hickes. Waltham Saint Lawrence: 1927. 2° (316 x 220mm). Woodcut illustrations by and after Robert Gibbings. Greek and roman types. Original pigskin-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, titled in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine lightly faded, extremities rubbed). NUMBER 152 OF 275 COPIES. Chanticleer 53 ('A very beautiful book').
Herbert SWIRE (d.1934). The Voyage of the Challenger. London: 1938. 2 volumes, 2° (315 x 195mm). Colour and monochrome illustrations. Blue and white cloth, gilt. NUMBER 121 OF 330 COPIES PRINTED IN ERIC GILL'S PERPETUA TYPE ON VAN GELDER PAPER.
With 4 other works by the press: Plato's Phaedo, translated by Jowett, Waltham St Lawrence: 1930, number 373 of 500 copies; O. Chase, T. Chappel and G. Pollard's Narratives of the Wreck of the Whale-Ship Essex, London: 1935, number 260 of 275 copies; The Pilgrim Fathers, London: 1939, number 262 of 300 copies; S. de Chair's The Golden Carpet, London: 1943, number 119 of 500 copies. (10)
T.J. HOGG, T.L. PEACOCK, L. HUNT, P.B. SHELLEY et al. The Athenians. Edited by Walter Sidney Scott. London: 1943. 4° (250 x 186mm). Title printed in red and black. Frontispiece and collotype manuscript facsimile illustrations. Tan crushed morocco by Leighton-Straker, titled in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (affected by damp). LIMITED TO 350 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 23 OF 50 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Cockalorum 158.
P.B., H. and M. SHELLEY, and T.J. HOGG. Harriet & Mary. London: 1944. 4° (248 x 190mm). Title printed in red and black. Frontispiece and collotype manuscript facsimile illustrations. Tan crushed morocco by Leighton-Straker, titled in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (affected by damp). LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 26 OF 50 SPECIALLY-BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Cockalorum 161.
LUCIAN of Samosata. The True Historie. Translated by Francis Hickes. Waltham Saint Lawrence: 1927. 2° (316 x 220mm). Woodcut illustrations by and after Robert Gibbings. Greek and roman types. Original pigskin-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, titled in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine lightly faded, extremities rubbed). NUMBER 152 OF 275 COPIES. Chanticleer 53 ('A very beautiful book').
Herbert SWIRE (d.1934). The Voyage of the Challenger. London: 1938. 2 volumes, 2° (315 x 195mm). Colour and monochrome illustrations. Blue and white cloth, gilt. NUMBER 121 OF 330 COPIES PRINTED IN ERIC GILL'S PERPETUA TYPE ON VAN GELDER PAPER.
With 4 other works by the press: Plato's Phaedo, translated by Jowett, Waltham St Lawrence: 1930, number 373 of 500 copies; O. Chase, T. Chappel and G. Pollard's Narratives of the Wreck of the Whale-Ship Essex, London: 1935, number 260 of 275 copies; The Pilgrim Fathers, London: 1939, number 262 of 300 copies; S. de Chair's The Golden Carpet, London: 1943, number 119 of 500 copies. (10)
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