Golden Cockerel Press
Set of limited editions
£1,197
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
The Hundredth Story of A. E. Coppard, with Engravings by Robert Gibbings, 1931. One of 1,000 copies, 8vo, original green quarter morocco, patterned boards designed by Tirzah Garwood [Chanticleer 74: 'The first book in the very successful "Guinea Series" of illustrated modern authors. Printed in the new Golden Cockerel type, specially designed for the Press by Eric Gill'];
The Amores of P. Ovidius Naso. Newly Translated by E. Powys Mathers, 1932. One of 350 copies, 4to, original orange half morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, 5 engraved plates by J. E. Laboureur printed in sepia, proof sheets for the prelims laid in, front inner hinge cracked, frontispiece offset [Chanticleer 80];
Daisy Matthews and Three Other Tales by Rhys Davies, with Wood Engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, 1932. One of 325 copies, 8vo, original orange quarter morocco, spine slightly rubbed [Chanticleer 87];
The Apple Trees. Four Reminiscences by Hugh Walpole with wood-engravings by Lynton Lamb, 1932. One of 500 copies, 8vo, original red quarter morocco, patterned cloth sides, spine sunned and slightly rubbed, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper [Chanticleer 88];
Strawberry Time and the Banquet by R. H. Mottram, 1934. One of 250 copies signed by the author, 8vo, original green quarter morocco, patterned cloth sides, spine sunned [Chanticleer 96];
Heartsease and Honesty being the Pastimes of the Sieur de Grammont, 1935. One of 300 copies signed by the translator (Helen Simpson), 8vo, original cloth-backed patterned boards [Chanticleer 108];
Mr. Chambers and Persephone a Tale by Christopher Whitfield ... with Wood-Engravings by Dorothea Braby, 1937. One of 150 copies signed by the author, 8vo, original green quarter morocco, spine sunned [Pertelote 125];
Glue and Lacquer. Four Cautionary Tales translated from the Chinese by Harold Acton and Lee Yi-Hsieh ... With Illustrations from Drawings by Eric Gill interpreted on copper by Denis Tegetmeier, 1941. 4 copies, each one of 350, 4to, original blue quarter morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spines variably sunned and rubbed, spotting to endpapers, one copy with marks to covers, one copy with ownership and gift inscriptions to front free endpaper, one with bookplate of R. T. Landale (British diplomat in Egypt during the Second World War) [Pertelote 149: 'contains the last work of Eric Gill'];
Harriet & Mary. Being the Relations by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson, 1944. One of 500 copies, original red quarter morocco;
Gilgamesh. King of Erech. By F. L. Lucas. With Twelve Engravings by Dorothea Braby, 1948. One of 500 copies, tall 8vo, original patterned cloth, bookplate;
Pasiphae. A Poem by A. C. Swinburne, 1950. One of 500 copies, 8vo, original cloth;
Topiary by Cecil Stewart. An Historical Diversion with Colour-Engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, [1954]. One of 500 copies, 4to, original orange half cloth;
Zastrozzi. A Romance by Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1955. One of 200 copies on Japanese vellum, 8vo, original black quarter morocco, slipcase
Footnote
Provenance: Property of an English collector.