Golden Cockerel Press
Collection of limited editions, including the first publications of the press
£1,890
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
all 8vo unless otherwise stated, and comprising:
The Wisdom of the Cymry. Translated from the Welsh Triads by Winifred Faraday, [1939]. One of 60 copies, 16mo, original 'cloth of gold' binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, glassine dust jacket, together with a set of corrected page proofs for the work, the original drawing by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve for the title-page (13 x 11.5cm), and a copy of the unlimited edition (original cloth, dust jacket, marked) [Pertelote 144];
Brief Candles by Laurence Binyon. With Six Engravings by Helen Binyon, 1938. One of 100 copies signed by author and illustrator, 16mo, original gilt cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 139];
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me. Tales by A. E. Coppard, 1921. One of 550 copies, original white cloth, endpapers browned as usual [Chanticleer 1: ''160 [copies] bound in canvas or white buckram'];
Terpsichore and Other Poems by H. T. Wade-Gery, 1921. One of 350 copies, original white cloth [Chanticleer 2, recording a binding of blue boards only];
Idem, 1922. One of 350 copies, original black cloth, unopened, light spotting;
Clorinda Walks in Heaven. Tales by A. E. Coppard, 1922. Original quarter cloth, dust jacket [Chanticleer 4];
The Puppet Show by Martin Armstrong, 1922. One of 25 copies signed by the author, original quarter cloth, glassine dust jacket, bookplate of Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977);
Idem. One of 1200 copies, original quarter cloth, dust jacket and outer glassine cover (both chipped), two bookplates (including 'Ex libris the Golden Cockerel Press');
Hips and Haws. Poems by A. E. Coppard, 1922. One of 480 copies, original quarter cloth, dust jacket (tears to spine), bookplate (John Raymond Danson) [Chanticleer 7];
The Berkshire Series - II. The Tragedy of Osmond the Greak Turk ... by Lodowick Carlell, 1926. One of 550 copies, original quarter cloth, dust jacket (spotted and chipped) [Chanticleer 39];
The Berkshire Series - III. The Fool would be a Favourit ... by Lodowick Carlell, 1926. One of 550 copies, original quarter cloth, dust jacket (spotted and nicked) [Chanticleer 42];
Pelagea and Other Poems. By A. E. Coppard, 1926. One of 425 copies, original quarter cloth, dust jacket (slightly spotted and chipped), contemporary ownership inscription [Chanticleer 43];
A Rapture. By Thomas Carew. With Engravings by J. E. Laboureur, 1927. One of 375 copies, 8vo, original quarter cloth, dust jacket (a few chips) [Chanticleer 47];
The Psalter or Psalms of David, taken from the Book of Common Prayer, 1927. One of 500 copies, original blue cloth, dust jacket [Chanticleer 54];
Count Stefan by A. E. Coppard, 1928. One of 600 copies, original quarter cloth, dust jacket (spine sunned, a few shallow chips) [Chanticleer 57];
The 7th Man. A True Cannibal Tale of the South Sea Islands. Told in Fifteen Wood-Engravings ... by Robert Gibbings, 1930. One of 500 copies, original quarter cloth [Chanticleer 72];
A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret: by Charles Land, printed by the Golden Cockerel Press for Frank Hollings, 1928. One of 500 copies, original quarter vellum, bookplate;
Lucina Sine Concubitu: A Letter Humbly Address'd to the Royal Society. With 3 Engravings on Copper by Hester Sainsbury, 1930. One of 500 copies, original quarter vellum [Chanticleer 70];
and 2 unlimited editions
Footnote
Provenance: Property of an English collector.