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Gwyn Williams. Against Women – A Satire [Prospectus]. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1953.

Price: US$19.49 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 4pp slim leaflet promoting a forthcoming publication from The Golden Cockerel Press for subscribers. This prospectus contains a specimen page (p25) and a full page colour engraving by John Petts, together with an illustrated front cover. Tiny dirt spot on lower margin on front cover. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight and size of this prospectus.

Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom

Williams, Gwyn (translator) and John Petts (illustrator). Against Women; A Satire. Golden Cockerel Press, 1953.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover. 4.75 x 9 inches. Bound in purple cloth with gold decoration on the front cover and lettering on the spine. 25 pages. 9 colored illustrations plus colored title page. A limited edition of 350 copies, printed on handmade paper. This is number 166. Very good condition. There is a nice bookplate on the inside front cover from the previous owner. No other marks or signs of previous ownership or damage. Please email with questions or to request photos.

Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.

Gwyn Williams (translator). Against Women; A Satire. Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1953.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Translated from the old Welsh by Gwyn Williams. Illustrated with 11 color engravigns by John Petts. One of 350 numbered copies. Full red cloth with gilt-stamped design on front and title lettered in gilt on spine. In decorative gold slipcase. Publisher's Prospectus laid-in. Some sunning to spine. "This interesting satire on Women, which may have been written around 1510, was considered sufficiently important to be included in a manuscript anthology of 1550. It was produced in a "familiar mediaeval and anti-chivalric tradtion of warning against the dangers of love and marriage."

Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Gwyn. Against Women: A Satire. Golden Cockerel Press, 1953.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited edition. 8vo. 3 page introduction by Gwyn Williams. Illustrated with pictorial title page and 10 full page colored engravings by John Petts. Original gilt stamped red cloth. Plain glassine dust jacket (short tears). Very good. 25 pages. No signatures or bookplates. #270/350 printed by Christopher Sandford. Cock-a-Hoop 192.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.