Miscellaneous Poems by Jonathan Swift.
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. GIBBINGS, Robert. SWIFT, Jonathan.
Published by Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928
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No. 46 of 375 copies. 12 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Printed in red and black in Caslon Old Face type on Batchelor hand-made paper. 4to., original parchment backed, marbled paper covered board, without the dust jacket. Fading and rubbing around edges of boards, spine a little rubbed, very good and clean internally. Booklabel on front pastedown with offset to free endpaper Gibbings' charming wood engravings rather help the double column printing. Seller Inventory # 11244
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Title: Miscellaneous Poems by Jonathan Swift.
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence
Publication Date: 1928
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Miscellaneous Poems by Jonathan Swift.
Published by
Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928
Used
Hardcover
Seller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
No. 130 of 375 copies. 12 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Printed in red and black in Caslon Old Face tupe on Barchelor hand-made paper. 4to., original parchment backed, marbled paper covered board, in the original red dust jacket. Some waterstaining to dust jacket and boards, affecting the bottom of the front pastedown, otherwise good. Booklabels of Carville Plummer and W.B. Steeves. Gibbings' charming wood engravings rather help the double column printing. Seller Inventory # 11214
Miscellaneous Poems of Jonathan Swift; Selected and with an introduction by R. Ellis Roberts
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The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928
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Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). Limited Edition. 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. Bound in one quarter 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 the most popular and desirable private press items." (Ransom p. 106). Seller Inventory # 770