Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri. Translated from the Latin by Paul Turner. Line-engravings by Mark Severin. Pp. 68, frontispiece plus 3 plates, 1 full page illustration, title page vignette; narrow cr. 4to; qr. orange/tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt, maroon canvas boards with gilt vignette at centre of upper board; t.e.g...... More
A novel. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 252+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, 7 full page illustrations, pictorial tailpiece, 3 full page maps; impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half brown morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, the top fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g., others..... More
Confidential information for General Headquarters... Being despatches reprinted from the secret "Arab Bulletin". Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, Director of the Arab Bureau, 1916-1920. Pp. 52 (last colophon); cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. green niger morocco, spine lettered in gilt, with raised bands and small cockerel..... More
from Coupang to Batavia, together with the log of his subsequent passage to England in the Dutch packet "Vlydt" and his remarks on Morrison's Journal. All printed for the first time from the manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter..... More
Being Lieutenant William Bligh's Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty in a Voyage to the South Seas, to take the Breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies. Now Published for the First Time from the Manuscript in the Admiralty Records, with an Introduction and..... More
A complete story in the manner of the old parlour game. In nine chapters, each by a different author. Pp. 68(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, cockerel device as tailpiece; med. 8vo; brick red cloth, spine lettered in black, the boards faintly soiled, fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust..... More
Or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. With an Introduction by Arundell Del Re. Pp. xvi+226(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece and pictorial tailpiece by David Jones; qr. cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, brown papered boards, the spine faintly darkened; uncut and partly unopened; dust wrapper, foxed and lightly..... More
An essay on the shattering and remoulding of a world. Pp. 180+[2], 2 wood-engravings by Lettice Sandford, decorative initials; rose cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed; t.e.g.; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; The Golden..... More
Published by permission of the War Office. Pp. 128, frontispiece (reproduction of a bronze bust of the author by Lanyi), endpaper map; cr. 4to; qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, cream art-canvas boards, faintly marked; t.e.g., others uncut; the endpapers a trifle offset, a little light foxing; The Golden..... More
Published by Permission of the War Office. Pp. 126+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates and 3 text illustrations (2 full page), endpaper map printed in red & black; cr. 4to; qr. blue morocco, the spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, cream cloth boards, the spine faintly faded;..... More
With an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Pp. x+[2]+80+[2]; demy l2mo; qr. cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, a trifle dulled, brown papered boards, corners slightly bruised; uncut; lacking dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1926. One of 450 copies on Batchelor handmade..... More
preceded and followed by notes on Flinders, Bass, the wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c., by Geoffrey Rawson. With engravings by John Buckland Wright. Pp. 100+[2](map, colophon), 9 wood engravings printed in dark green, full page map, chronological table; narrow roy. 4to; green canvas, lettered and decorated in gilt, the..... More
A romance. Translated by R. & E. Powys Mathers. Engravings by John Buckland Wright. Pp. 286(last colophon), frontispiece plus 7 plates, the title page printed in blue & black; cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, light blue/grey cloth boards, edges a trifle..... More
Pp. [16]; small super roy. 4to; Glastonbury cream laid paper; full page engraving by Eric Ravilious, adapted from the 1933 prospectus, including specimen pages from 'Ecclesiastes' (wood-engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton), 'Glory of Life' (2 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings), 'The Journal of James Morrison', 'Cosmetics for My Lady', 'The Garden of..... More
. The Golden Cockerel Press. The Golden Cockerel begs to announce his discovery of some charming new material for Autumn Publication. Pp. [4]; cover; cr. 4to; orange card, featuring on the front an illustration by Corsellis, specially drawn for this publication (showing a reclining nude outside Staple Inn, surrounded by..... More
Pp. [4], impl. 4to; yellow wove paper, drawing of Staple Inn, specially made by Elizabeth Corsellis, short history of Staple Inn and prospectuses for 3 books; with loosely inserted 4 pp. prospectus for 'The Song of Songs' , impl.4to; Arnold unbleached white wove hand-made paper, printed in black & red..... More
Pp. [4], cover; 34x24cm; green wove paper, edges lightly faded and browned, with horizontal crease at centre, top fore-corners slightly creased, upper cover features an enlargement of an engraving by John Farleigh (previously used on the back of Cock-a-Hoop XXIV). Loose inserts: i. Prospectus for The Book of Days: [4..... More
His new books constitute the Fine Flower of the Autumn List 1937. [4] pp.; f'cap. folio; salmon coloured wove paper, corners a trifle creased, with enlarged wood engraving by John O'Connor on first page; several reviews; 6 loose inserts, most with illustrations: i. Prospectus for The Greek Anthology [4 pp...... More
A Pleasant Myth together with Some Notes on the Golden Cockerel private press books and A List of new and second-hand books in stock at the Press 1939. Pp [32]; small cr. 8vo; yellow paper wrappers, stapled, (staples rusted, wrappers lightly soiled and foxed), with specially engraved cover design (Aphrodite..... More
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Pp [32]; small cr. 8vo; cream wove paper self wrappers, stapled, staples rusted, outer wrappers with floriated initial "A" by Eric Gill, cockerel C3R between two pairs of cockerel CIR, engraved by Robert Gibbings, cockerel A engraved by Desmond Chute in text. Gives details of new and recent books, including..... More
Pp [8], within yellow paper wrappers, stapled, engraved border by Eric Ravilious on front, announces new books by Gertrude Bell, Algernon Charles Swinburne & T. E. Lawrence of Arabia; 25 cm. x 18.7 cm.; cream laid paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, l940. Cock-a-Hoop LXVIII. *With loosely inserted order form..... More
Single leaf [2] pp.; cr. 4to; Luxor antique cream laid paper, a trifle soiled, with fold at centre; Contents: cockerel C1R [engraved by Robert Gibbings] before title and at colophon; reviews of four related titles: Men in Print, Secret Despatches from Arabia, and Crusader Castles, all by T. E. Lawrence..... More
Pp. [8], stapled, device on front (girl on flying cockerel), specially engraved by John Buckland-Wright, also includes an historical note on the Press; 19 cm. x 12.7 cm.; cream laid paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1946. Cock-a-Hoop LXXVIII. *Without identification of Australian representative Walter Standish & Sons, but with..... More
Pp. [2], broadsheet, with cockerels facing right and left, reduced from an engraving by Mark Severin, lists eleven books in stock; 18.8 cm. x 12.7 cm.; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948. Cock-a-Hoop LXXXI.iv. More
Pp. [2], broadsheet; cockerel on front by John Buckland-Wright (reproduced from the binding brass to his Rubaiyat); extracts from reviews of The Mabinogion and Endymion; 25.7 cm. x 15.9 cm.; cream wove paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, n.d.[1949]. Cock-a-Hoop LXXXII. More