Verlag: Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St Lawrence, 1933
Anbieter: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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7 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. No. 280 of 325 copies. 8vo., original red morocco backed patterned cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine faded, a little rubbing to extremities and slight bumping to corners, otherwise a very good copy. Booklabel of David & Nadia Conway on front pastedown. A presentation copy from the artist and printer to 'Victor and Margaret', signed 'Robert' and dated 12.3.33. Lord Adrian was Gibbings's last book for the press as in August of 1933 Golden Cockerel was taken over by Christopher Sandford, Francis Newbery and Owen Rutter and transferred to London.
Verlag: Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, 1933
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Limited Edition: #139/325. Octavo, 73 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in morocco-backed decorated cloth and protected with glassine. Very mild shelf wear. Top edge of text block gilt. Front endpaper has an inscription, dated 1958, stating that this volume was part of Lord Dunsany's personal library. Loose within is a letter from the Golden Cockerel Press dated 1958 answering an inquiry about the publication of this book. LP Consignment. Shelved in Case 8. Printed by Gibbings in Golden Cockerel type on Batchelor's hand-made paper with seven wood-engravings by Gibbings. One of 325 numbered copies, of which this is number 139. 1287101. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.