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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: CYNWAL, William.. In Defence of Woman. A Welsh Poem Translated by Gwyn Williams, Engravings by John Petts.. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, [1960], 1960.

Price: US$195.03 + shipping

Description: First Cockerel Press edition, limited issue, number 362 of 500 copies. Cynwal was a 16th-century poet who wrote this "somewhat over-zealous panegyric on feminine good nature" (Cock-a-Hoop) in response to a popular contemporary satire, Against Women. John Petts had also illustrated the Golden Cockerel Press's edition of the attack in 1953, which was selected for that year's "The Best Designed Book" exhibition. Cave & Mason p. 225; Cock-a-Hoop 210; Alison Smith, John Petts and the Caseg Press, pp. 105-9. Landscape octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover blocked in gilt, edges untrimmed. With colour frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 8 full-page engravings by Petts. Spine ends and corners gently bumped, a few marks on covers, faint foxing to endpapers. A near-fine copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

Cynwal, Wiliam; Williams, Gwyn (Translator); Petts, John (Artist). In Defence of Woman. The Golden Cockerel Press, (London), 1960.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: One of 100 special copies, octavo size, 28 pp., in slipcase. We cannot do better than to set forth here the comments in Cock-a-Hoop: "Cynwal was a sixteeth century poet, a serious man who was more vexed than amused by the widely circulated satire 'Against Women'. Skirmishes of wit between the sexes were all the fashion at this time, and the earnest Cynwal rushed to take arms in love's 'merry war', penning this somewhat over zealous panegyric on feminine good nature." (Cock-a-Hoop, p. 43). This one of the 100 special copies bound in full leather by Hiscox and with one extra engraving, in the publisher's slipcase. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full blue morocco with gilt decoration on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt, colour frontis, colour title page, plus nine colour wood-engravings bound in throughout; octavo size (9" by 4 5/8"), pagination: [1-4] 5-28, limited edition, this no. 56 of 100 special copies (total edition 500). In the publisher's slipcase of thin pink cardstock, with the same limitation number (56) as the book in pencil at the head of the spine. ___CONDITION: Volume near fine, with clean boards, the leather smooth and supple, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; sunning to the spine and some offsetting to the free endpapers, else fine. Slipcase also near fine, remarkably free of wear or creases for such a thin case; sunning at the top and along one side, else fine. ___CITATION: Cock-a-Hoop, no. 210. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.

Cynwal, William.. In Defence of Woman. A Welsh Poem Translated by Gwyn Williams. Engravings by John Petts.. [London:] Golden Cockerel Press, [1960]., 1960.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Description: A reply to the Welsh satire, 'Against Women,' composed in the first half of the sixteenth century. Tall octavo. 29 pp. Frontispiece, title-page, and nine wood-engravings by John Petts, all in color. Composition and presswork by the Chiswick Press. Printed on mould-made paper. Full blue morocco by Hiscox. Central gilt design on front board, gilt-lettered spine. Spine and boards edges slightly toned. Minor offsetting to edges of endpapers, light toning to margins. A near fine copy, the illustrations fresh and bright, in a slightly worn pink board slipcase. One of 100 copies, specially bound with an additional engraving. A total of 500 copies were published. Designed by Christopher Sanford. Cock-a-Hoop, 210; Cave and Manson, A History of the Golden Cockerel Press, 210.

Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.