From such humble beginnings, great things are achieved. So say the wise, and perhaps they were considering the Golden Cockerel Press when they intoned their words of wisdom! The Golden Cockerel Press started in 1920 in a fit of idealism by Hal Taylor, his wife and two others with the majority of their inheritance and private funds to invest in a printing press. Their stated desire to set up a community co-operative endeavor to publish their literary magazine. Obviously inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement and William Morris, their idealism was energetic, well-received by sadly short lived in the face of the approaching World War.
The Golden Cockerel Press went through four successive directors, the second being Robert Gibbings. It was during this period (1924-33) that Golden Cockerel's 'golden age' can be seen, with Gibbings luckily being in contact with some of the foremost woodcutters and illustrators of his generation. Later directors took the press further away from its humble beginnings, before eventually Christopher Sandford and Thomas Yoseloff introduced color plates and lithography to their repertoire, causing a stir in the English Private Press movement.
However, despite their sometimes rocky road to success, and the high amount of directors, Golden Cockerel have remained as one of the best-loved of the English Private Presses. Specializing in childrens' stories, fables, and fantastical tales, the Golden Cockerel has also been fortuitous to have, at any one time, some of the best type-designers and illustrators working under their auspices.
If collecting Golden Cockerel books, it is perhaps best to focus upon which period interests you the most, with the early Hal Taylor and Robert Gibbings being the most sought-after. Their dedication to the art direction (and use of color) in each edition make their first editions truly collectible. The most sought after would include signed copies or dedications on the behalf of the authors, which, if in near-perfect condition can reach into the hundreds of dollars at auction value.
Coppard, A E. Adam and Eve and Pinch Me. Golden Cockerel (1921). 550 copies
Beresford, J D. Signs and Wonders. Golden Cockerel (1921). 1500 copies
Schnitzler, Arthur. Casanova's Homecoming. Golden Cockerel (1922).
Coppard, A E. Clorinda Walks in Heaven. Golden Cockerel (1922). 1200 copies; 20 autographed copies
Hughes, Richard. Gipsy-Night. Golden Cockerel (1922). 750 copies; lithograph by Pamela Bianco
Coppard, A E. Hips and Haws. Golden Cockerel (1922). 500 copies
Havelock, Ellis. Kanga Creek. Golden Cockerel (1922). An Australian Idyll; 1375 copies, 25 signed by author
Quennell, Peter. Masques and Poems. Golden Cockerel (1922). 375 copies; 5 line drawings by Quennell
Wade-Gery, H T. Terpsichore and Other Poems. Golden Cockerel (1922). 350 copies; 20 copies on handmade paper
Armstrong, Martin. The Puppet Show. Golden Cockerel (1922). 1200 copies
Browne, Thomas. A Letter to a Friend. Golden Cockerel (1923). 115 copies
Taylor, Jeremy. A Selection from His Work. Golden Cockerel (1923). 320 copies
Thornley, George. Daphnis and Chloe. Golden Cockerel (1923). A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastorall Romance for Young Ladies; 450 copies
Armstrong, Martin. Jeremy Taylor. Golden Cockerel (1923). 320 copies
Browne, Thomas. Religio Medici. Golden Cockerel (1923). 115 copies
Browne, Sir Thomas. The Garden of Cyrus. Golden Cockerel (1923). Or The Quincuncial Lozenge, or Network Plantations of the Ancients Artificially, Naturallly, Mystically; 115 copies
Apuleius, Lucuis. The Golden Asse. Golden Cockerel (1923). 450 copies
Spenser, Edmund. The Wedding Songs of Edmund Spenser. Golden Cockerel (1923). 320 copies; woodcuts by Ethelbert White; 25 copies on vellum
,. Miscellaneous Writings of Henry the Eighth. Golden Cockerel (1924). 365 copies; wood engravings by Robert Gibbings; 35 copies signed
Rochefoucault, Dukie de la. Moral Maxims. Golden Cockerel (1924). 325 copies
Simon, Ingo. Roving Shafts. Golden Cockerel (1924). 350 copies
Carey, Henry. Songs and Poems. Golden Cockerel (1924). 350 copies; 20 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Bennett, Arnold. The Bright Island. Golden Cockerel (1924). 200 copies
Brantone, Pierre de. The Lives of Gallant Ladies. Golden Cockerel (1924). 2 vols
Thoreau, Henry David. Where I Lived and What I Lived For. Golden Cockerel (1924). 250 copies; wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Cibber, Colley. An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber. Golden Cockerel (1925). 2 vols; 450 sets
Swift, Rev Jonathan. Directions to Servants. Golden Cockerel (1925). 380 copies; wood engravings by John Nash
,. Love-Tales from Tallemant. Golden Cockerel (1925). 1000 copies
Browning, Robert. Pictor Ignotus, Fra Lippo Lippi, Andrea Del Sarto. Golden Cockerel (1925). 350 copies
Gibbings, Robert. Samson and Delilah. Golden Cockerel (1925). 325 copies; 7 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Swift, Jonathan. Selected Essays. Golden Cockerel (1925). 450 copies; 14 wood engravings by Jon Farleigh
Burns, Robert. Songs from Robert Burns. Golden Cockerel (1925). 450 copies; wood engravings by Mable M. Annesley
Clay, Enid. Sonnets and Verses. Golden Cockerel (1925). 450 copies; 8 wood engravings by Eric Gill
Havelock, Ellis. Sonnets with Folk Songs from the Spanish. Golden Cockerel (1925). 500 copied
Rooke, Noel. The Gospel According to Saint Luke. Golden Cockerel (1925). 350 copies; 11 wood engravings by Noel Rooke
Gill, Eric. The Song of Songs. Golden Cockerel (1925). 750 copies; first run; wood engravings by Gill
Gulliver, Lemuel. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. Golden Cockerel (1925). 2 vols; 480 copies; wood engravings by David Jones
Fielding, Henry. An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews. Golden Cockerel (1926). 450 copies
Sharpham, Edward. Cupid's Whirligig 1607. Golden Cockerel (1926). The Tragedy of Osmond The Great Turk, Or The Noble Servant and The Fool Would Be a Favorit The Complete Berkshire Series; 3 vols; 550 sets
Gibbings, Robert. Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of Saint Agnes. Golden Cockerel (1926). 500 copies with 17 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Mathers, E P. Maxims and Considerations of Chamfort. Golden Cockerel (1926). 550 copies
Marston, John. Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image. Golden Cockerel (1926). 325 copies
,. Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi. Golden Cockerel (1926). 26th and 27 Chapters of Saint Matthew's Gospel; 250 copies; 6 wood engravings by Eric Gill
Coppard, A E. Pelagea and Other Poems. Golden Cockerel (1926). 425 copies; 6 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Mathers, E Powys. Procreant Hymn. Golden Cockerel (1926). 200 copies; 5 engravings by Eric Gill
Mathers, E Powys. Red Wise. Golden Cockerel (1926). 500 copies
Aesop,. The Fables of Aesop. Golden Cockerel (1926). 350 copies; illustrated by Celia M. Fiennes
Carlell, Ludowick. The Fool Would Be a Favourit or The Discreet Lover. Golden Cockerel (1926). 550 copies
Coventry, Francis. The History of Pompey The Little. Golden Cockerel (1926). or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog 400 copies; wood engravings by David Jones
Carlell, Lodowick. The Tragedy of Osmond the Great Turk. Golden Cockerel (1926). Or The Noble Servant and The Fool Would Be a Favorit The Complete Berkshire Series; 3 vols; 550 sets
Suckling, Sir John. A Ballad Upon a Wedding. Golden Cockerel (1927). 375 copies; engravings by Eric Ravilious
Carew, Thomas. A Rapture. Golden Cockerel (1927). 375 copies with 2 line engravings on copper by J.E. Labourer
Gill, Eric. Art and Love. Golden Cockerel (1927). 260 copies signed by Gill
Shenstone, William. Men and Manners. Golden Cockerel (1927). 500 copies
Isaacs, J. The Chester Play of the Deluge. Golden Cockerel (1927). 275 copies; wood engravings by David Jones
,. The Psalter of Psalms of David. Golden Cockerel (1927). 500 copies
Gibbings, Robert. The True Historie of Lucian the Samosatenian. Golden Cockerel (1927). 275 copies; woodcuts by Gibbings
Breton, Nicholas. The Twelve Moneths. Golden Cockerel (1927). 500 copies; 12 wood engravings by Eric Ravilious
Chaucer, Geoffrey. Troilus and Criseyde. Golden Cockerel (1927). 225 copies; 6 copies on vellum; 5 full page wood engravings and section titles by Eric Gill
Sterne, Laurence. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. Golden Cockerel (1928). 500 copies; 6 engravings on copper by J.E. Laboureur
Lamb, Charles. A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret. Golden Cockerel (1928). 500 copies; engraved frontispiece
Tellier, Jules. Abd-er-Rhaman in Paradise. Golden Cockerel (1928). 400 copies; 4 wood engravings by Paul Nash
Gill, Eric. Art and Prudence. Golden Cockerel (1928). An Essay; 500 copies with 2 copper engravings by Gill
Coppard, A E. Count Stefan. Golden Cockerel (1928). 600 copies with 4 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Earle, John. Micro-cosmographie. Golden Cockerel (1928). Or a Piece of the World discovered in Essayes and Characters; 400 copies
Swift, Jonathan. Miscellaneous Poems. Golden Cockerel (1928). 375 copies; 12 wood engraved vignettes by Robert Gibbings
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Golden Cockerel (1928). 4 vols; 500 copies; 15 copies on vellum; engravings by Eric Gill
,. The Ladies' Pocket Book of Etiquette. Golden Cockerel (1928). 500 copies; 4 engravings by Hester Saindbury
Mathers, E Powys. A Circle of the Season. Golden Cockerel (1929). 500 copies with 4 copper engravings by Robert Gibbings
Matters, E Powys. A Circle of the Seasons. Golden Cockerel (1929). 500 copies; 4 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
More, Thomas. A Frutefull Pleasaunt and Wittie Worke. Golden Cockerel (1929). of the Best State of a Publique Weale, and of the Newe Yle, Called UTOPIA
Andreyev, Leonid. Abyss. Golden Cockerel (1929). 500 copies
Smith, Aaron. The Atrocities of the Pirates. Golden Cockerel (1929). Being a Full narrative of the unparalleled sufferings endured by the author during his captivity among the Pirates of the Island of Cuba; 500 copies; 10 illustrations by Eric Ravilious
Sterne, Laurence. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. Golden Cockerel (1929). 500 copies; 16 etchings by Jean Laboureur
Meek, Charles. The Will to Function. Golden Cockerel (1929). A Philosophical Study; 300 copies
More, Sir Thomas. Utopia. Golden Cockerel (1929). 500 copies; initials and decorations by Eric Gill
,. A Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press. Golden Cockerel (1930). April 1921 to Dec 1929
Fielding, Henry. A Journey from this World to the Next. Golden Cockerel (1930). 500 copies; copper engravings by Denis Tegetmeier
Fielding, Henry. Journey from this World to the Next. Golden Cockerel (1930).
,. Lucina Sine Concubitu. Golden Cockerel (1930). 500 copies; 3 engravings on copper by Hester Sainsbury
Gantillon, Simon. Maya. Golden Cockerel (1930). 500 copies; wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton
Gibbings, Robert. The 7th Man. Golden Cockerel (1930). A True Cannibal Tale of the South Islands; 15 wood engravingsby Gibbings
Plato,. The Phaedo of Plato. Golden Cockerel (1930). 500 copies; borders and initials by Eric Gill
Gill, Eric. Clothing Without Cloth. Golden Cockerel (1931). 500 copies with 4 wood engravings
Gustave, Flaubert. Salambo. Golden Cockerel (1931). 500 copies; 17 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Coppard, A E. The Hundreth Story. Golden Cockerel (1931). 1000 copies; 4 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Powys, T F. When Thou Wast Naked. Golden Cockerel (1931). 500 copies; wood engravings by John Nash
Bates, H E. A German Idyll. Golden Cockerel (1932). 307 copies; wood engravings by Lynton Lamb
Ovid,. Amores of P Ovidius Naso. Golden Cockerel (1932). 350 copies; 5 engravings by J.E. Laboureur
Bowen, Elisabeth. Consequences. Golden Cockerel (1932). A Complete Story in the Manner of the Old Parlour Game; 200 signed copies of handmade paper and 1000 regular unsigned copies
Coppard, A E. Crotty Shinkwin. Golden Cockerel (1932). A Tale of the Strange Adventure that befell a Butcher of County Clare The Beauty Spot, A Tale concerning the Chilterns; 500 copies; 7 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Davies, Rhys. Daisy Matthews and Other Tales. Golden Cockerel (1932). 325 copies; wood engravings by Parker
Gibbings, Robert. Fourteen Wood Engravings. Golden Cockerel (1932). 14 woodblock engravings by Gibbings
Fielding, Henry. Life of Jonathan Wild. Golden Cockerel (1932). 350 copies; illustrated by Tegermeier
Coppard, A E. Rummy. Golden Cockerel (1932). That Noble Game, Expounded In Prose, Poetry, Diagram And Engraving By A.E. Coppard And Robert Gibbings With An Account Of Certain Diversions Into The Mountain Fastnesses Of Cork And Kerry; 1250 copies; woodcuts by Robert Gibbings
Ovid,. The Amores of P Ovidius Naso. Golden Cockerel (1932). 350 copies; 5 copper engravings by J.E. Laboureur
Walpole, Hugh. The Apple Trees. Golden Cockerel (1932). 500 copies; wood engravings by Lynton Lamb
Van Druten, John. The Game of Consequences. Golden Cockerel (1932). a Complete Story in the Manner of the Old Parlour Game in Nine Chapters Each By a Different Author; 200 signed copies on handmade paper and 1000 unsigned regular copies.
Fielding, Henry. The Life of Mr Jonathan Wild The Great. Golden Cockerel (1932). 350 copies; copper engravings by Denis Tegetmeier
Page, Phillip. Cumberland Hotel. Golden Cockerel (1933). 232 copies; engravings by William Walcot
Dunsany, Lord. Lord Adrian. Golden Cockerel (1933). 325 copies; 7 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Dickens, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. Golden Cockerel (1933). A Fairy Tale of Home; Limited Editions Club; 1500 copies; 7 plates by Hugh Thomson
Bates, H E. The House with the Apricot. Golden Cockerel (1933). 300 copies; wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker
Calder-Marshall, Arthur. A Crime Against Cania. Golden Cockerel (1934). 500 copies; wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton
,. Cosmetics for My Lady and Good Fare for My Lord. Golden Cockerel (1934). Collected Recipes; 300 cpies
Apuleius, Lucuis. Cupid and Psyches. Golden Cockerel (1934). The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of Their Marriage; 150 copies with 3 engravings by Lettice Sandford
,. Ecclesiastes. Golden Cockerel (1934). or The Preacher; 250 copies with 13 wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton
Powys, Llewelyn. Glory of Life. Golden Cockerel (1934). 277 copies; wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
,. Sermons by Artists. Golden Cockerel (1934). 300 copies; sermons by Paul Nash, David Low, Robert Gibbings, Eric Kennington, Stanley Spencer and Roger Fry
Hermes, Gertrude. Strawberry Time and the Banquet. Golden Cockerel (1934). 250 copies; wood engravings by Gertrude Hermes
Clay, Enid. The Constant Mistress. Golden Cockerel (1934). 300 copies; 6 wood engravings by Eric Gill; 50 copies have an extra suite of illustrations
,. The Garden of Caresses. Golden Cockerel (1934). 275 copies; 8 copper engravings by Gertrude Hermes
Gill, Eric. The Lord's Song. Golden Cockerel (1934). 500 copies; engravings by Eric Gill
Bligh, William. The Voyage of the Bounty's Launch. Golden Cockerel (1934). as Related in William Bligh's Despatch to the Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer; 300 copies; wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Bates, H E. Flowers and Faces. Golden Cockerel (1935). 325 copies; 4 wood engravings by John Nash; 60 copies on vellum signed by author
Grammont, Armand de. Heartsease and Honesty. Golden Cockerel (1935). 300 copies
Glasspoole, Richard. Mr Glasspoole and the Chinese Pirates. Golden Cockerel (1935). 315 copies
Chase, Owen. Narratives of the Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex, of Nantucket. Golden Cockerel (1935). 275 copies; 12 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings
Lindsay, John. Storm at Sea. Golden Cockerel (1935). 350 copies, sign by author; 4 wood engravings by John Farleigh
Lascaris, Evadne. The Golden Bed of Kydno. Golden Cockerel (1935). 200 copies; line engravings by Lettice Sandford
Strong, L A G. The Hansom Cab and the Pigeons. Golden Cockerel (1935). Being Random Reflections upon The Silver Jubilee of King George V ; 212 copies; 15 wood engraved vignettes by Eric Ravillious
Gibbings, Robert. The Journal of James Morrison. Golden Cockerel (1935). Boatswain's Mate of Bounty; 325 copies; 5 woodcuts by Gibbings
,. Chanticleer: A Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press. Golden Cockerel (1936). 300 copies with 34 wood engravings selected from the books
Lawrence, T E. Crusader Castles. Golden Cockerel (1936). 2 vols; 1000 sets
Malory, Thomas. Le Morte D'Arthur. Golden Cockerel (1936). Limited Editions Club; 3 vols; engravings by Robert Gibbings
Powys, Mathers. Love Night. Golden Cockerel (1936). A Loatian Gallery; 200 copies; wood engravings by John Buckland Wright; 75 copies have an extra suite of plates in rear pocket
Pushkin, Alexander. Tale of the Golden Cockerel. Golden Cockerel (1936). Engravings by Robert Gibbings
Quennell, Nancy. The Epicure's Anthology of Banqueting Delights. Golden Cockerel (1936). Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster
Miller, Patrick. The Green Ship. Golden Cockerel (1936). 200 copies; 6 wood engraved chapter heads and illustrations by Eric Gill
Sandford, Lettice. The Song of Songs. Golden Cockerel (1936). 204 copies; second run; line engravings by Lettice Sandford
Lacombe, Jean de. A Compendium of the East, Being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies. Golden Cockerel (1937). 300 copies; engravings
Jonson, Ben. A Croppe of Kisses. Golden Cockerel (1937). 250 copies
Villiers, David. A Winter Firework. Golden Cockerel (1937). 150 copies; printed for David Villiers
Miller, Patrick. Ana the Runner. Golden Cockerel (1937). A treatise for princes and generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul. 5 engravings by Clifford Webb
Geddes, Elisabeth. Animal Antics. Golden Cockerel (1937). Verse and woodcuts of animals
Bligh, Captain William. Bligh's Voyage in the Resource from Coupang to Batavia. Golden Cockerel (1937). 350 copies; wood engraved text illustrations, maps, and facsimiles
Powys, Theodore Francis. Goat Green. Golden Cockerel (1937). or The Better Gift; 150 copies; 6 wood engravings by Gwenda Morgan
Rutter, Joan. Here's Flowers. Golden Cockerel (1937). An Anthology of Flower Poems; 200 copies in the limited edition with wood engravings by John O'Connor
Whitfield, Christopher. Mr Chambers and Persephone. Golden Cockerel (1937). 150 copies; 5 wood engravings by Dorothea Braby
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Golden Cockerel (1937). 200 copies
Oesterley, W O E. Roses of Sharon. Golden Cockerel (1937). Poems Chosen from the Flower of Ancient Hebrew Literature; 125 copies; 12 wood engravings by Mary Groom
Powys, Llewelyn. The Book of Days. Golden Cockerel (1937). of Llewelyn Powys / Thoughts from his philosophy selected by John Wallis; 300 copies; 12 etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis; 55 copies signed by artist and specially bound with an extra suite of plates
Rutter, Owen. The First Fleet. Golden Cockerel (1937). The Record of the Foundation of Australia from Its Conception to the Settlement at Sydney Cove; 375 copies; 5 engravings by Peter Barker-Mill
Lucas, F L. The Golden Cockerel Greek Anthology. Golden Cockerel (1937). 206 copies; line engravings on zinc by Lettice Sandford; 74 copies have 20 other illustrations
Bligh, William. The Log of the Bounty. Golden Cockerel (1937). 2 vols; 300 copies; wood engravings by Lynton Lamb
Quennell, Nancy. A Lovers Progress. Golden Cockerel (1938). Seventeeth Century Lyrics; 215 copies
Gauthier, Theophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. Golden Cockerel (1938). Illustrated by John Buckland-Wright
Coppard, A E. Tapster's Tapestry. Golden Cockerel (1938). Wood engravings by Gwenda Morgan
Besterman, Theodore. The Travels and Suffering of Father Jean de Brebeuf. Golden Cockerel (1938). 300 copies; engravings by Eric Gill
Calderon, V G. The White Llama. Golden Cockerel (1938). 75 copies; 6 wood engravings by Clifford Webb; plus an unlimited edition
Cranmer-Byng, L. Tomorrow's Star. Golden Cockerel (1938).
Swire, Herbert. Voyage of the Challenger. Golden Cockerel (1938). A Personal Narrative of the Historic Circumnavigation of the Globe in the Years 1872-1876 Illustrated from Paintings and Drawings in His Journals; 300 copies; 2 vols; color plates and black and white illustrations
Fryer, John. John Fryer of the Bounty. Golden Cockerel (1939). 300 copies; engravings by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve
Whitfield, Christopher. Lady from Yesterday. Golden Cockerel (1939). 50 copies are signed by author
Lawrence, T E. Secret Despatches from Arabia. Golden Cockerel (1939). 1000 copies; 30 deluxe copies
Wells, H G. The Country of the Blind. Golden Cockerel (1939). 250 copies; 6 engravings by Clifford Webb
Besterman, Theodore. The Pilgrim Fathers. Golden Cockerel (1939). A Journal of Their Coming in the Mayflower to New England and Their Life and Adventures there; 300 copies; 8 engravings by Geoffrey Wales
Lucas, F L. The Vigil of Venus. Golden Cockerel (1939). 100 copies with aquatints by John Buckland Wright; two original pencil drawings
Faraday, Winifred. The Wisdom of the Cymry. Golden Cockerel (1939). 60 copies on handmade paper; wood engraving by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve
Lawrence, T E. Men in Print. Golden Cockerel (1940). 500 copies
Bell, Gertrude. The Arab War. Golden Cockerel (1940). Confidential Information for General Headquarters from Gertrude Bell being despatches reprinted from the SecretArab Bulletin; 500 copies
Acton, Harold. Glue and Lacquer. Golden Cockerel (1941). Four Cautionary Tales Translated From The Chinese; 350 copies with copper engravings by Denis Tegetmeier from drawings by Eric Gill
Swinburne, A C. Lucretia Borgia. Golden Cockerel (1942). 350 copies; wood engravings by Reynold Stone
Lawrence, T E. Shaw-Ede Letters. Golden Cockerel (1942). 500 copies; 30 specially bound
Fellowes, Edmund. The Tenbury Letters. Golden Cockerel (1942). 300 copies
Philby, H St J B. A Pilgrim in Arabia. Golden Cockerel (1943). 350 copies
,. Pertelote, A Sequel to Chanticleer. Golden Cockerel (1943). 200 copies; 36 wood engravings
Scott, Walter Sidney. The Athenians. Golden Cockerel (1943). Being correspondence between Thomas Jefferson Hogg and his friends Thomas Love Peacock, Leigh Hunt, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Others; 3 vols; 350/500/500 copies
De Chair, Somerset. The Golden Carpet. Golden Cockerel (1943). 500 copies; photographic illustrations
De Chair, Somerset. The Silver Crescent. Golden Cockerel (1943). 500 copies; photographic illustrations
Sparrman, Anders. A Voyage Round the World with Captain Cook in HMS Resolution. Golden Cockerel (1944). 350 copies; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster
Scott, Walter Sydney. Harriet and Mary. Golden Cockerel (1944). 500 copies; 50 specially bound with collotype reproductions from six letters
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Hymn to Proserpine. Golden Cockerel (1944). 350 copies; engravings by John Buckland-Wright
Scott, Walter Sidney. Shelley at Oxford. Golden Cockerel (1944). The early correspondence of P.B.Shelley with his friend T.J.Hogg together with letters of Mary Shelley and T.L.Peacock and a hitherto unpublished prose fragment by Shelley; 350 copies; 3 vols
,. The Ninety First Psalm. Golden Cockerel (1944). 350 copies; wood engravings by Dorothea Braby
De Chair, Somerset. Napoleons Memoirs. Golden Cockerel (1945). 2 vols; 500 sets
Bonaparte, Napoleon. Supper at Beaucaire. Golden Cockerel (1945). 500 copies; 100 specially bound on handmade paper
De Chair, Somerset. The First Crusade. Golden Cockerel (1945). 500 copies; 5 wood engravings by Clifford Webb
Calderon, V G. The Lottery Ticket. Golden Cockerel (1945). 400 copies; engravings by Dorothea Braby
Whitfield, Christopher. Together and Alone. Golden Cockerel (1945). 500 copies; 10 wood engravings by John O'Connor; 100 copies specially bound and signed by author and artist
Gray, Thomas. Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Golden Cockerel (1946). 750 copies; wood engravings by Gwenda Morgan
Rawson, Geoffrey. Matthew Flinders Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798. Golden Cockerel (1946). 750 copies; 9 illustrations by John Buckland Wright
Flinders, Matthew. Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis. Golden Cockerel (1946). 750 copies illustrated by John Buckland Wright
Jones, Gwyn. The Green Island. Golden Cockerel (1946). 500 copies; engravings by John Petts; 100 specially bound copies
Rutter, Owen. We Happy Few. Golden Cockerel (1946). An Anthology I. Britain at War II. Britian at Sea. III. Britain in the Air; 750 copies; 11 wood engravings by John O'Connor
Keats, John. Endymion. Golden Cockerel (1947). A Poetic Romance; 500 copies, 100 on vellum; 58 wood engravings by John Buckland-Wright
de Heriz, Patrick. La Belle O'Morphi. Golden Cockerel (1947). 650 copies with 12 illustrations after paintings by Francios Boucher
Miller, Patrick. Woman in Detail. Golden Cockerel (1947). 500 copies; 5 drawings by Marv Severins
Sandford, Christopher. Cockalorum A Sequel to Chanticleer and Pertelote. Golden Cockerel (1948). Numerous illustrations
Lucas, Frank Laurence. Gilgamesh King of Erech. Golden Cockerel (1948). 500 copies with 11 wood engravings by Dorothea Braby
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Laus Veneris. Golden Cockerel (1948). 750 copies with engravings by John Buckland-Wright
Jones, Gwyn. Mabinogion. Golden Cockerel (1948). 550 copies; 20 engravings by Dorothea Braby
Bannet, Ivor. The Amazons. Golden Cockerel (1948). 500 copies; 80 deluxe copies signed by author and illustrator; 12 wood engravings by Clifford Webb
Lucas, F L. The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite. Golden Cockerel (1948). 750 copies; 10 engravings by Mark Severin; 100 copies specially bound
Johnson, Samuel. The New London Letter Writer. Golden Cockerel (1948). Containing the Compleat Art of Corresponding with Ease, Elegance, and Perspicuity as is Now Practised By All Persons of Respectibility; 500 copies; plates and drawings by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve
Stewart, Cecil. Topiary. Golden Cockerel (1948). 500 copies; color engravings by Peter Barker-Mill
Buckland Wright, John. Hero and Leander. Golden Cockerel (1949). 500 copies;11 engravings by John Buckland-Wright and F L Lucas; 100 copies have an extra engraving
Cabell, James Branch. Jurgen. Golden Cockerel (1949). A Comedy of Justice; 500 copies with 16 wood engravings by Buckland-Wright
Komensky, John Amos. Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart. Golden Cockerel (1950). 370 copies with line drawings by Dorothea Braby
Swinburne, A C. Pasiphae. Golden Cockerel (1950). 500 copies; 6 copper engravings by John Buckland Wright; 100 copies have an extra engraving
Komensky, John Amos. The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart. Golden Cockerel (1950). 300 copies; 56 drawings by Dorothea Braby
De Chair, Somerset. Julius Caesar's Commentaries. Golden Cockerel (1951). A Modern Rendering; 320 copies; illustrated by Clifford Webb
Beaumont, Francis. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. Golden Cockerel (1951). 300 copies; 10 color wood engravings by John Buckland Wright
Jones, Gwyn. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Golden Cockerel (1952). 360 copies; 6 wood engravings by Dorothea Braby
Hartnoll, Phyllis. The Grecian Enchanted. Golden Cockerel (1952). 360 copies; 8 aquatint engravings by John Buckland Wright; 60 copies have an extra suite of suites
Williams, Gwyn. Against Women. Golden Cockerel (1953). 350 copies; 12 wood engravings by John Petts
Scott, Walter Sydney. Letters of Maria Edgeworth and Anna Letitia Barbauld. Golden Cockerel (1953). 300 copies; 14 hand colored illustrations
Rawson, Gepffreu. Nelson's Letters from the Leeward Islands. Golden Cockerel (1953). 300 copies; engravings by Geoffrey Wales
Browne, W. Circe and Ulysses. Golden Cockerel (1954). 7 wood engravings; 100 copies have an extra suite of 4 engravings
Barclay, John Q. Euphorimio's Satyricon. Golden Cockerel (1954). 260 copies
Walters, Eurof. The Serpent's Presence. Golden Cockerel (1954). 290 copies; vignettes and wood engravings by Clifford Webb
Flint, Sir William Russell. Minxes Admonished. Golden Cockerel (1955). Or Beauty Reproved; 550 copies; illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint; 150 have an extra set of plates
Herrick, Robert. One Hundred and Eleven Poems. Golden Cockerel (1955). 550 copies; reproductions of paintings and drawings of Sir William Russell Flint
Jones, Glyn. The Saga of Llywarch the Old. Golden Cockerel (1955). 200 copies
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Zastrozzi A Romance. Golden Cockerel (1955). 200 copies; engravings by Cecil Keeling; 60 copies have an extra suite of engravings
Apollonius, Tyrius. Apollonius of Tyre. Golden Cockerel (1956). Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri; 300 copies; line engravings by Mark Severins; 75 copies have an extra set of engravings
Hansen, Wilhelm. Grimm's Other Tales. Golden Cockerel (1956). 500 copies; 10 wood engravings by Gwenda Morgana
Apollonius,. Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri. Golden Cockerel (1956). 300 copies; engravings to Mark Severin
Mallarme, Stephane. L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune. Golden Cockerel (1956). 200 copies; wash drawings by John Buckland-Wright
Dryden, John. Songs and Poems of John Dryden. Golden Cockerel (1957). 500 copies; reproductions of 8 watercolor drawings and 11 pencil drawings by Lavinia Blythe (aka Leslie Blanche).
,. The Ephesian Story by Xenophon. Golden Cockerel (1957). 300 copies; 6 illustrations by Eric Fraser; 75 copies have an extra suite of plates
Khayyam, Omar. Rubaiyat. Golden Cockerel (1958). 200 copies; drawings by J Yunge Bateman
Fitzgerald, Edward. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Golden Cockerel (1958). 200 copies
Cynwal, William. In Defence of Woman. Golden Cockerel (1960). 500 copies; nine engravings by John Petts
Shakespeare, William. The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare. Golden Cockerel (1960). 470 copies; 100 specially bound
Ghose, Sudhin. Folk Tales and Fairy Stores from India. Golden Cockerel (1961).
Moncrif, Francois Augustin Paradis. Moncrif's Cats. Golden Cockerel (1961). Les Chats de Francois Augustin Paradis de Moncrif. Translated by Reginald Bretnor; 400 copies
Chambers, David. Cock-A-Hoop: A Sequel to Chanticleer, Pertelote, and Cockalorum. Golden Cockerel (1962). 300 copies with wood engravings from Eric Gill, Desmond Chute, Eric Ravilious and others
Lucina Sine Sainsbury, Hester. Concubitu. Golden Cockerel (). A Letter Humbly Addressed to the Royal Society; 500 copies; 3 engravings
Rutter, Owen. First Fleet. Golden Cockerel (). The record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at Sydney Cove. Compiled from the original documents in the public record office, with extracts from the log-books of H.M.S. Sirius; 375 copies