London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. Buckland-Wright, John. Hardcover. 48 pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. 12 wood engraved illustrations, including frontispiece and title vignette by John Buckland-Wright. Limited edition, copy 231 of 750. Printed in Perpetua 14 pt type on mould-made paper. COCKALORUM 178. "Fresh from his work on Keats' Endymion..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. Hardcover. 64 pages. 22.5 x 14 cm. Foreword and 14 decorations by Averil Mackenzie-Brieve. Designed, produced and published by Christopher Sandford in Caslon's Old Face on Arnold's mould-madepaper. A rare 18th century book reprinted here. Limited edition, copy 301 of 500. PERTELOTE, III 179... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. Wright, John Buckland. Hardcover. 40 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 337 of 500 in Bembo type with six copper engravings by John Buckland Wright. This, the tortured legend of Pasiphae who loved a bull. Stanford states the poetry here is worthy of..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. Boucher, Francois. Hardcover. 36 pages. 21.5 x 12.3 cm. Collotype reproductions of pictures by Francois Boucher. Limited edition, copy 618 of 750. COCKALORUM 173. "A biography of the Irish imp (Marie Louise O'Morphi [died 1814], mistress to the king) who fascinated Louis XV, and was..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Gibbings, Robert. Hardcover. 49 pages. 24 1/2 x 16 1/2 cm, engravings by A.E.Coppard and Robert Gibbings. Printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings. This being one of the "Unlimited Editions." CHANTICLEER:I 86. Fresh, very clean copy, owner inscription. More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1960. Hardcover. 246 pages. 31 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 177 of 470 in Caslon Old Face, wood engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright printed in black, maroon and yellow on hand-made Barcham Green paper. The last book Christopher Sandford designed for Golden Cockerel. COCK-A-HOOP..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1959. Hardcover. 264 pages. 31 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 93 of 200, an edition by Gwyn Jones with eleven collotype reproductions, mostly full-page. Printed in Caslon Old Face, a selection of the great folio verse translation by Dryden, Congreve, Addison, Pope, Gay et al...... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. Carlile, Shrimati E, Hardcover. 146 pages. 31 x 20 cm. Six full page illustrations. Limited edition, copy 177 of 500. Fairy tales from Sanskirt, Pali, Hindi, Bengali and other Indian languages, some date from the Age of Buddha. The author hails from Burdwan, a town..... More
Kalamazoo: Rarach Press, 1982. Hanka, Ladislav R. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 7 leaves. 19.5 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 33 of 70 signed by Jan and Jarmila Sobota. Three relief prints by Ladislav R. Hanka. As noted in the introduction regarding Hanka's work being inspired by her contemplation of..... More
New York: Bernard Lamotte, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 51 x 34 cm. Limited edition, copy 56 of 100 each signed and numbered in pencil by Lamotte. As a School of Paris romantic, Lamotte was known for his cityscapes. The copper plate etchings here represent that theme. Laid-in are two..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Gill, Eric. First edition. Hardcover. 20 pages. 23 x 11.5. Four wood engravings on wood by Gill. Limited edition, copy 204 of 500. 12 pt. Caslon O.F. type. CHANTICLEER 75. "The first of the `Saddle-back' Cockerels. The page is twice as high as..... More
Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1927. First trade edition. Boards. 21 pages in text. 16 x 12 cm. Introductory essay by Max Brod. Sixty full-page wood-cuts by Masereel. Laid-in a Kurt Wolff Verlag price list of three pages for Masereel titles and original woodcuts. More
London: Peter Davies, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Akwardly paginated, approx. 50 leaves. 30 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 280 of 450 printed on Batchelor hand made paper on the presses of Joh. Enschede en Zonen at Harlem in Holland. Antigone type designed by J. Van Krimpen, Text in Greek..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. Hardcover. 155 pages. 28 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 167 of 280. Famously popular in romantic literature it appeared in more than 300 editions, and purportedly during the Italian campaign Napoleon constantly slept with a copy under his pillow. The 1789 edition had four copper..... More
Boston: Riverside Press, 1904. Rogers, Bruce. Hardcover. 110 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 61 of 330. Bookplate of Louis V. Ledoux, prominent American author and poet. Wide text margins, bright, very fresh copy. WARDE 50. More
New York: Japan Society, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 35 (3) pages. 32 x 21 cm. 1000 copies printed for the Japan Society. Tipped in and full page plates in color, printed in red and black. An attempt to introduce No Plays to a Western audience. Very bright, fresh copy. More
New York: Grolier Club, 1921. Hardcover. 19 pages. 30 x 22 cm. Limited edition, one of 300 printed by John Henry Nash on Van Gelder paper. "It is one of as series of six books done by eminent American printers at the invitations of the Grolier Club." Bright, fresh copy..... More
London & New York: John Lane & Dodd, Mead, 1927. Alastair. First edition. Hardcover. 68 pages. 32 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 774 of 1050. Eight full-page color lithographs by Alastair, one after p.52 signed in pencil by the artist. Pater's fictional account set in the time just after..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1953. Petts, John. Hardcover. 23 pages. 23.5 x 12 cm. Ten full-color wood-engravings by John Petts. Limited edition, copy 238 of 350 on hand-made paper. Designed by Christopher Sandford. A satire in a familiar mediaeval and anti-chivlaric tradition warning against the dangers of love -- this..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1960. Petts, John. Hardcover. 28 pages. 23.5 x 12 cm. Ten full-color wood-engravings by John Petts. Limited edition, copy 144 of 500 on mould-made paper. Designed by Christopher Sandford. A Welsh poem translated by Gwyn Williams, and a sequel to Cynwal's "Against Women." COCK-A-HOOP 210. More
Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 320 pages. 22 x 17 cm. Frontispiece and a host of in text woodcuts. A collection of short stories, all fictional save one. True Williams illustrated this work as well as many others by Twain. Alcohol ended his career. Laid-in an..... More
