Lot 148
  • 148

O'Connor, John and others

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • O'Connor, John and others
  • A collection of 25 later illustrated volumes from the Golden Cockerel Press, comprising:
  • ink on paper
Rutter, J. Here's Flowers, 1937, number 59 of 200 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by John O'Connor [Pertelote 124]--Besterman, T. The Pilgrim Fathers, 1939, number 102 of 300 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Geoffrey Wales [Pertelote 140]--Swinburne, A.C. Lucretia Borgia, 1942, number 63 of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Reynolds Stone [Pertelote 152]--Jones, G. The Green Island, 1946, number 32 of 500 copies, one of 100 specially bound, presentation copy inscribed by the author, printed in green and black, wood-engraved illustrations by John Petts [Cockalorum 169]--Miller, P. Woman in Detail, 1947, number 89 of 550 copies, one of 100 signed by author and artist, specially bound with an additional suite of the illustrations, illustrations by Mark Severin [Cockalorum 174]--Lucas, F.L. Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, 1948, number 368 of 750 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Mark Severin [Cockalorum 177]--Stewart, C. Topiary, [1954], number 431 of 500 copies, coloured wood-engraved illustrations by Peter Barker-Mill [Cock-a-Hoop 198]--Cynwal, W. In Defence of Woman, [1960], number 40 of 500 copies, one of 100 specially bound with an additional illustration, coloured wood-engraved illustrations by John Petts [Cock-a-Hoop 210]; and 17 others [Chanticleer 90b; Cockalorum 165, 171; Cock-a-Hoop 191, 192, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 202, 203, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213]--various sizes, original bindings (25)   

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