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Powys, Llewelyn. GLORY OF LIFE. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$1194.38 + shipping
Description: With wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. 36(last colophon), the title, several initials and one headline printed in red, frontispiece plus 13 text illustrations; super roy. 4to; qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, beige cloth boards, lightly foxed and faintly soiled, with a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1934. Edition limited to 277 numbered copies on specially watermarked Batchelor paper. Chanticleer 9l. *Christopher Sandford described this volume as 'Probably the finest example of Robert Gibbings' book illustration' [Chanticleer. p.40].
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$1198.35 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy bound in quarter vellum over cloth boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 34 p. : ill. ; 33 cm. Notes; A Golden Cockerel Press presentation copy. Printed in black and red. Batchelor hand-made paper; watermarked: serpent and tree GCP. Limited edition of 277 copies, 2 on vellum, the remainder on paper; this copy is number 108. Binding: Quarter bound in white vellum, with white cloth sides; top-edge gilt, others untimmed. Subjects; Golden Cockerel Press. Free thought. Hedonism. Gibbings, Robert. wood engraving, British Illustrated books British Isles 1934. Animals Depictions Europe 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$1324.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy bound in quarter vellum over cloth boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 34 p. : ill. ; 33 cm. Notes; A Golden Cockerel Press presentation copy. Printed in black and red. Batchelor hand-made paper; watermarked: serpent and tree GCP. Limited edition of 277 copies, 2 on vellum, the remainder on paper; this copy is number 108. Binding: Quarter bound in white vellum, with white cloth sides; top-edge gilt, others untimmed. Subjects; Golden Cockerel Press. Free thought. Hedonism. Gibbings, Robert. wood engraving, British Illustrated books British Isles 1934. Animals Depictions Europe 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.