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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS -- A COLLECTION OF WORKS ILLUSTRATED BY WOMEN, including:
ALDINGTON, William (translator). Cupid & Psyche. London: 1934. 8° (195 x 120mm). Wood-engraved illustrations by Lettice Sandford. Original buckram-backed boards. NO. 87 OF 150 COPIES. Chanticleer 93.
POWYS, Llewelyn. The Book of Days. London: 1937. 2° (340 x 240mm.). Printed in red and black, etched illustrations by Elizabeth Corsellis. Contemporary half morocco by Zaehnsdorf (spine faded). NO. 229 OF 300 COPIES. Pertelote 118.
WHITFIELD, Christopher. Mr. Chambers and Persephone. London: 1937. Small 4° (213 x 157mm). Wood-engraved illustrations by Dorothea Braby. Contemporary morocco-backed boards (spine faded, thumb-marks). NO. 49 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Pertelote 125.
JOHNSON, Samuel. The New London Letter Writer. London: 1948. 8° (223 x 133mm). Wood-engraved illustrations by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve. Original morocco-backed boards (spine slightly faded). NO. 65 OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.
With 12 other works published by the Golden Cockerel Press including The Fables of Aesop (London, 1926), Sermons by Artists (London, 1934), Theodore Francis Powys' Goat Green or a Better Gift (London, 1937), Laurence Binyon's Brief Candles (London, 1938) and Christopher Whitfield's Lady from Yesterday (London, 1939).
Provenance: W. and P. J. Rupfer (bookplates). (16)
ALDINGTON, William (translator). Cupid & Psyche. London: 1934. 8° (195 x 120mm). Wood-engraved illustrations by Lettice Sandford. Original buckram-backed boards. NO. 87 OF 150 COPIES. Chanticleer 93.
POWYS, Llewelyn. The Book of Days. London: 1937. 2° (340 x 240mm.). Printed in red and black, etched illustrations by Elizabeth Corsellis. Contemporary half morocco by Zaehnsdorf (spine faded). NO. 229 OF 300 COPIES. Pertelote 118.
WHITFIELD, Christopher. Mr. Chambers and Persephone. London: 1937. Small 4° (213 x 157mm). Wood-engraved illustrations by Dorothea Braby. Contemporary morocco-backed boards (spine faded, thumb-marks). NO. 49 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Pertelote 125.
JOHNSON, Samuel. The New London Letter Writer. London: 1948. 8° (223 x 133mm). Wood-engraved illustrations by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve. Original morocco-backed boards (spine slightly faded). NO. 65 OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.
With 12 other works published by the Golden Cockerel Press including The Fables of Aesop (London, 1926), Sermons by Artists (London, 1934), Theodore Francis Powys' Goat Green or a Better Gift (London, 1937), Laurence Binyon's Brief Candles (London, 1938) and Christopher Whitfield's Lady from Yesterday (London, 1939).
Provenance: W. and P. J. Rupfer (bookplates). (16)
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