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David, Villiers. A WINTER FIREWORK. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937.
Price: US$330.39 + shipping
Description: With decorations by Osbert Lancaster. Pp. 22(last colophon), title page vignette, pictorial headpiece; narrow cr. 8vo; qr. white buckram, lettered in gilt on upper board, black & white patterned cloth boards; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, [London], 1937. Edition limited to l50 numbered copies on Arnold's hand-made paper. Cave & Manson 127A; not in Pertelote. *Signed and annotated in ink by Christopher Sandford at the colophon: 'Privately printed - not listed in my bibliographies'. The book was a private commission for the author - perhaps intended to be given as Christmas gifts, since Cave & Manson suggest a printing date of November. Jacob Villiers Peveril David (1906-1986) was an aesthete, writer, and painter. Ten exhibitions of his paintings were held in London from 1951, and The Villiers David Foundation was established in his memory in 1986. He travelled extensively and collected widely: sculpture from India and Europe, Japanese woodcuts, Picasso Prints, and paintings by Old Masters.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$543.56 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked quarter-vellum over boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Publishers compliments slip loosely inserted ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 20 pages; Physical desc. : 20 p. ; 19 cm. Limited edition: No. 124 of 150 copies. Subject: Golden Cockerel Press --Short stories, English --20th century 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$586.06 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First, Limited Edition.Rare. No.11 of 150 copies printed by the Golden Cockerel Press on Arnold's hand-made paper in Perpetua Type. Fine in Quarter white glazed linen blocked in gilt, over hand printed cloth boards with b&w abract design based on Arum lilies. Fresh and clean with no interior or exterior markings. Binding tight and firm, all corners sharp. No d.j. as issued.
Seller: Barracks Books, Nash, United Kingdom
Price: US$604.00 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked quarter-vellum over boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Publishers compliments slip loosely inserted ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 20 pages; Physical desc. : 20 p. ; 19 cm. Limited edition: No. 124 of 150 copies. Subject: Golden Cockerel Press --Short stories, English --20th century 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.