Golden Cockerel Press
Set of specially bound copies
£1,008
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
The Amazons. A Novel by Ivor Bannet. Engravings by Clifford Webb, 1944. One of 80 specially bound copies signed by the author and illustrator (from the total edition of 500), 4to, original morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, front joint slightly rubbed;
Letters of Maria Edgeworth and Anna Letitia Barbauld ... Illustrations by Lettice Sandford, 1953. One of 60 specially bound copies signed by the editor and illustrator (from the total edition of 300), 8vo, original cream quarter morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt patterned cloth sides, all edges gilt, wood-engraved illustrations hand-coloured in blue and pink, spine abraded at head and foot, a few marks to front cover;
The Sage of Llywarch the Old, 1955. One of 60 specially bound copies (from the total edition of 200), 8vo, original orange niger, slipcase, colour illustrations by Dorothea Braby, boards sunned;
Woman in Detail. A Scientific Survey by Patrick Miller with Drawings by Mark Severin, 1947. One of 100 specially bound copies signed by author and artist and with suite of extra plates in end-pocket, 8vo, original blue quarter morocco;
La Belle O'Morphi. A Brief Biography by Patrick de Heriz. With Illustrations by Francois Boucher, [1947]. One of 100 specially bound copies (from the total edition of 700), 8vo, original blue quarter morocco gilt, slipcase;
The New London Letter Writer ... by Samuel Johnson, 1948. One of 100 specially bound copies signed by the editor Averil Mackenzie-Grieve (from the total edition of 500), 8vo, original red quarter morocco
Footnote
Provenance: Property of an English collector.