Lot 117
  • 117

Coppard, A. E.

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Coppard, A. E.
  • Golden Cockerel Press books 1-9 and 7 other early works in various editions by A.E. Coppard, Martin Armstrong, Richard Hughes and Peter Quennell, comprising:
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Coppard, A.E. Adam & Eve & Pinch Me, 1921, white buckram [Chanticleer 1]; Another copy, 1921, first edition, limited to 500 copies, of which this is one of 360 in orange boards [Chanticleer 1]; Clorinda Walks in Heaven, 1922, first edition, [limited to 1200 copies], dust jacket [Chanticleer 4]; Another copy, 1922, 2nd edition, number 8 of 20 copies signed by the author, unopened [Chanticleer 4]; Hips and Haws, 1922, first edition, limited to 480 copies, dust jacket [Chanticleer 7]; Tapster's Tapestry, 1938, number 13 of 75 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author and artist, wood-engraved illustrations by Gwenda Morgan [Pertelote 137]--Wade-Grey, T. Terpsichore & other Poems, 1921, first edition, limited to 350 copies, of which this is one of an unspecified number in white buckram [Chanticleer 2]; Another copy, 1921, second edition, limited to 370 copies, number V of 20 copies on hand-made paper [Chanticleer 2]--Ellis, H. Kanga Creek, 1922, limited to 1400 copies of which this is number 19, one of 25 signed by the author on hand-made paper [Chanticleer 5]--Armstrong, M. The Puppet Show, 1922, first edition, limited to 1225 copies of which this is number 14, one of 25 signed by the author on hand-made paper [Chanticleer 6]--Hughes, R. Gipsy Night and other Poems, Chicago, Will Ransom, 1922, limited to 750 copies [Chanticleer 8]; Another copy, first American edition, limited to 63 large-paper copies for sale in America and England with a special proof of the lithographed portrait frontispiece, of which this is number 40 signed by the author, with Golden Cockerel Press exhibition bookplate; and 4 others [Chanticleer 3, 6, 9, 28]--various sizes, original bindings, several in collector's folding cases (16)  

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