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English Literature, History, Children's Books And Illustrations
15 December 2015 • London
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207 lots
  • A collection of 8 Golden Cockerel Press works on voyages and exploration, comprising:
    Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Group of Golden Cockerel Press works illustrated by Dorothea Braby, Lettice Sandford, Gwenda Morgan, Mary Groom and other female artists, comprising:
    Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Collection of 9 Golden Cockerel Press volumes each with wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, comprising:
    Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • A collection of 25 later illustrated volumes from the Golden Cockerel Press, comprising:
    Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Mr Chambers and Persephone. Golden Cockerel Press, 1937; and additional original drawings and wood-engravings
    Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Collection of Golden Cockerel Press volumes of letters, exploration, biography relating to the Middle East between the First and Second World Wars, comprising:
    Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • The Vigil of Venus: Pervigilium Veneris. Golden Cockerel Press, 1939
    Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • John Fryer of the Bounty. Golden Cockerel Press, 1939; and original manuscripts, engravings and other additional material
    Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • The Lottery Ticket. Golden Cockerel Press, [1945]; accompanied by original drawings, wood-engravings and other material
    Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Gilgamesh, King of Erech. Golden Cockerel Press, 1948; with original drawings for the book; and correspondence between Christopher Sandford, Dorothea Braby and Betty Clark
    Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • A collection of 4 specially bound copies of Golden Cockerel Press works illustrated by John Buckland Wright, comprising:
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Golden Cockerel Press, 1952 [1954]; with additional wood-engravings
    Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED