Lot 139
  • 139

Golden Cockerell Press--Chaucer, Geoffrey--Gill, Eric.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Troilus and Criseyde. Golden Cockerel Press, 1927
4to, number 38 of 225 volumes, wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, initials printed in blue and red, original niger morocco-backed boards, top edge gilt, bookplate, cataloguing slips laid down to front fixed endpaper

Provenance

Desmond Flower (bookplate designed by Eric Gill); J.P. Foster (bookplate) [see lots 206-243, 13 December 2007]

Literature

Chanticleer 50

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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