Lot 128
  • 128

Golden Cockerel Press.

Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of thirty-three volumes, including five specially bound editions, 1944-61, comprising:
  • paper, variety of bindings including morocco
Scott, W.S. ed. Letters of Maria Edgeworth and Anna Letitia Barbauld... 1953, number 46 of 300 copies of which this is one of 60 specially bound, illustrations by Lettice Sandford, [Cock-a-Hoop 193]--Browne, W. Circe and Ulysses. 1954, number 89 of 300 copies of which this is one of 100 specially bound, illustrations by Mark Severin, [Cock-a-Hoop 194]--Barclay, P. Euphormio's Satyricon... 1954, number 40 of 260 copies of which this is one of 60 specially bound, illustrations by Derrick Harris, slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 196]--Moncrif, F.-A. P. de. Moncrif's Cats. 1961, number 68 of 400 copies of which this is one of 100 specially bound, illustrations by T. Otten after Coypel, slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 213]--Cynwal, W. In Defence of Woman. [1960], number 88 of 500 copies of which this ia one of 100 specially bound, illustrations by John Petts, paper slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 210]--together with 28 others comprising Pertelote 153; Cockalorum 173, 179; Cock-a-Hoop 185, 186 (two copies), 187, 189, 190 (two copies), 192, 193, 197, 198 (2 copies), 199, 200 (2 copies), 201, 202, 203 (two copies), 205, 207, 209, 210, 212 and 213--8vo and 4to, original bindings, occasional browning (33)



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Catalogue Note

The additional 28 volumes comprise:

Fellowes, E.H. The Tenbury Letters. 1944, number 292 of 300 copies, several collotype reproductions, [Pertelote 153]

Heriz, P. de. La Belle O'Morphi. [1947], number 714 of 750 copies, collotype reproductions, [Cockalorum 173]

Johnson, S. The New London Letter Writer. 1948, number 279 of 500 copies, illustrations by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve, [Cockalorum 179]

Swinburne, A.C. Pasiphae. 1950, number 241 of 500 copies, illustrations by John Buckland Wright, [Cock-a-Hoop 185]

Komensky, J.A. The Labyrinth of the World... 1950, number 361 of 370 copies, illustrations by Dorothea Braby, [Cock-a-Hoop 186],

Komensky, J.A. The Labyrinth of the World... 1950, number 363 of 370 copies, illustrations by Dorothea Braby, [Cock-a-Hoop 186],

Beaumont, F. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. 1951, un-numbered copy of 380 copies of which this is one of 30 bound in cream vellum-paper, illustrations by John Buckland Wright, [Cock-a-Hoop 187]

Hartnoll, P. The Grecian Enchanted. 1952, number 290 of 360 copies, illustrations by John Buckland Wright, [Cock-a-Hoop 189]

Jones, G. transl. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 1952, number 207 of 360 copies of which this is one of 50 copies bound in cream vellum-paper, illustrations by Dorothea Braby, [Cock-a-Hoop 190]

Jones, G. transl. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 1952, un-numbered copy of 360 copies of which this is one of 50 copies bound in cream vellum-paper, illustrations by Dorothea Braby, [Cock-a-Hoop 190]

Williams, G. Against Women. 1953, number 235 of 350 copies, illustrations by John Petts, [Cock-a-Hoop 192]

Scott, W.S. ed. Letters of Maria Edgeworth and Anna Letitia Barbauld... 1953, number 213 of 300 copies, illustrations by Lettice Sandford, [Cock-a-Hoop 193]

Walters, E. The Serpent's Presence. 1954, un-numbered copy of 290 copies, illustrations by Clifford Webb, [Cock-a-Hoop 197]

Stewart, C. Topiary. [1954], number 331 of 500 copies, illustrations by Peter Barker Mill, [Cock-a-Hoop 198]

Stewart, C. Topiary. [1954], un-numbered copy of 500 copies, illustrations by Peter Barker Mill, [Cock-a-Hoop 198]

Herrick, R. One Hundred and Eleven Poems. 1955, number 364 of 550 copies, illustrations by William Russell Flint, slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 199]

Jones, G. The Saga of Llywarch the Old... 1955, number 126 of 200 copies, illustrations by Dorothea Braby, slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 200]

Jones, G. The Saga of Llywarch the Old... 1955, number 167 of 200 copies, illustrations by Dorothea Braby, slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 200]

Shelley, P.B. Zastrozzi. 1955, number 104 of 200 copies, illustrations by Cecil Keeling, slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 201]

Flint, W.R. Minxes Admonished... 1955, number 285 of 550 copies, illustrations by William Russell Flint, slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 202]

Turner, P. transl. Apollonius of Tyre... 1956, number 261 of 300 copies, illustrations by Mark Severin, [Cock-a-Hoop 203]

Turner, P. transl. Apollonius of Tyre... 1956, un-numbered copy of 300 copies, illustrations by Mark Severin, [Cock-a-Hoop 203]

Grimm, [J.L.C. and W.C.] Grimms' Other Tales. 1956 [1957], un-numbered copy of 500 copies, illustrations by Gwenda Morgan, [Cock-a-Hoop 205]

Xenophon. The Ephesian Story... 1957, number 257 of 300 copies, illustrations by Eric Fraser, [Cock-a-Hoop 207]

Ovid. The Metamorphoses... 1958, number 198 of 200 copies, illustrations by J. Yunge Bateman, [Cock-a-Hoop 209]

Cynwal, W. In Defence of Woman. [1960], number 457 of 500 copies, illustrations by John Petts, [Cock-a-Hoop 210]

Ghose, S.N. Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India. 1961, number 421 of 500 copies, illustrations by Shrimati E. Carlile, [Cock-a-Hoop 212]

Moncrif, F.-A. P. de. Moncrif's Cats. 1961, number 344 of 400 copies, illustrations by T. Otten after Coypel, [Cock-a-Hoop 213]