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125. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. MILLER, Patrick. Ana the Runner. A Treatise for Princes & Generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul. The Golden Cockerel Press. 1937.
£38
8vo., original cloth lettered in gilt on spine (without dust wrapper). With 6 wood engravings by Clifford Webb. A very good copy.
Unlimited edition.
125 126. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. MILTON, John. Paradise Lost. Golden Cockerel Press. 1937. £2,750
Folio., original half black morocco by Zaehnsdorf, ruled in gilt over marbled paper boards. With 30 wood engravings by Mary Groom. Title engraved on wood by Robert Gibbings. Just a little rubbing to marbling on boards, the usual offsetting from the binding to the endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy.
Limited edition of 200 numbered copies printed on bachelor hand-made paper in Golden Cockerel type designed by Eric Gill. The paper for the boards was hand marbled by Sidney Cockerel. “As to the illustrations, we find those extremely interesting and refreshingly original” (Pertolete 119).
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127. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. GAUTIER, Theophile. BUCKLAND WRIGHT, John (illustrator). Mademoiselle de Maupin. Golden Cockerel Press. 1938.
£400
Crown 4to. Original quarter white vellum, spine lettered in gilt, blue cloth sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed; 8 copper-engravings by John Buckland Wright; title printed in black and blue; a very nice copy.
One of 500 numbered copies.
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128. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. BESTERMAN, Theodore (editor). The Pilgrim Fathers. A Journal of their coming in the Mayflower to New England and their Life and Adventures there. Golden Cockerel Press. 1939.
£248
Royal 8vo. Original quarter black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, patterned cloth sides, top edges gilt; 8 wood-engravings by Geoffrey Wales; a very nice copy.
One of 300 numbered copies.
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