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Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Edited by R. Ellis Roberts; decorated with Engravings on Wood by Robert Gibbings. Pp. viii+68+[2](colophon, blank), mostly printed double column, cockerel device at centre of title page, plus 12 text illustrations, the title printed in red; tall cr. 4to; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly creased and chipped, the backstrip faded and with piece torn from head; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, free endpapers faintly offset; The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies on Batchelor hand-made paper. Chanticleer 58; Kirkus 34. *Signed by the Editor on the preliminary blank.

Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Fine. Robert Gibbings. Crown 4to, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in (257 x 192 mm); vii + 70 pp; printed in black with red title, on Batchelor hand-made paper with 11 pt. Caslon O.F. type. 12 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Quarter bound in parchment with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. Interior and binding free of imperfections. Copy no. 99 of 375, Bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton on inside cover, and Ingleton library number on green ink stamp on back cover. Also previous owner embossed stamp T.M.R. on flyleaf. [Chanticleer 58; Ransom p. 297, no. 53]. The GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS was founded by Harold Midgely Taylor in 1920 with the object of publishing new works of literary significance by young authors and to print and publish fine editions of books of established worth. When Mr. Taylor retired in 1924 it was purchased by Robert Gibbins, known as an illustrator and woodcutter (Tomkinson, p .93) "Golden Cockerel books are amongst… Read More

Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. No. 214 of 375 copies. Fine in VG dust jacket with minor tape repairs. No. 214 of 375 copies. viii, 68p. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Edited by R. Ellis Roberts. Bound in publisher's gilt-titled parchment spine over marbled paper boards. Chanticleer 58.

The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. limited. Hard Cover. very good. Quarto. 1/4 vellem with marble boards. With wood engravings by Robert Gibbings.Limited to 375 numbered copies of which this is #241. There is some age-toning at egges of boards of front cover. Two bookplates on front endpaper. One from the library of Crosby Gaige. Lacking slipcase.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo. binding, in quarter vellum over green marbled boards; title page printed in black and red; a mildly ex-library copy, with small numbers penned at the bottom of the pastedown and evidence (though no surface loss) of an excision from the endpaper, perhaps a date stamp slip; there is a small number penned in gold (!) at the bottom of the front quarter spine; there are numerous woodcut illustrations in text throughout the book; 63, [1] pages followed by the colophon.~~The book was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press...and completed on the 24th day of March, 1928. ... The edition is limited to 375 numbered copies, of which 150 will be issued by by Random House, Inc., New York. This is No.356.". Very Good binding.