Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo. binding, in quarter vellum over green marbled boards; title page printed in black and red; a mildly ex-library copy, with small numbers penned at the bottom of the pastedown and evidence (though no surface loss) of an excision from the endpaper, perhaps a date stamp slip; there is a small number penned in gold (!) at the bottom of the front quarter spine; there are numerous woodcut illustrations in text throughout the book; 63, [1] pages followed by the colophon.~~The book was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press.and completed on the 24th day of March, 1928. . The edition is limited to 375 numbered copies, of which 150 will be issued by by Random House, Inc., New York. This is No.356.". Very Good binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Swift, Jonathan. Miscellaneous Poems. Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.
Price: US$84.51 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback, quarter vellum over paper covered boards. 26 x 20cm. 67pp, [2]. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Number 367 of an edition of 375 copies. Some wear and rubbing to corners. A few marginal spots but generally clean.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Jonathan Swift. Miscellaneous Poems. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. 1/4 vellem with marble boards. With wood engravings by Robert Gibbings.Limited to 375 numbered copies of which this is #241. There is some age-toning at egges of boards of front cover. Two bookplates on front endpaper. One from the library of Crosby Gaige. Lacking slipcase.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Jonathan Swift. Miscellaneous Poems. Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.
Price: US$102.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Golden Cockerel Press,1928. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear, slight toning around the edges Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Numerous uncut pages. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy. Limited edition (375) - this is number 286.
Seller: PJK Books and Such, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.
Jonathan Swift. Miscellaneous Poems - Golden Cockerel Press. UK: Golden Cockerell, 1928.
Price: US$119.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: PLEASE NOTE: This is copy No. 314 of 375. Wear to board extremities; boards slightly tanned toward edges. Text free of highlighting and writing. Tightly bound. 68 pages.
Seller: CorgiPack, Fulton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Small 4to. Edited with a 6 page introduction by R. Ellis Roberts. Title vignette and 12 woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings. Title page printed in red and black. Original 1/2 vellum over light green patterned boards, gilt stamped spine, uncut (slight rubbing). Very good. 68 pages. Number 323 of 375 numbered copies, printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, March 1928. Bookplate of Eugene Pumpian Mindlin on the front pastedown. Chanticlerr 58.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: No. 214 of 375 copies. viii, 68p. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Edited by R. Ellis Roberts. Bound in publisher's gilt-titled parchment spine over marbled paper boards. Chanticleer 58. Fine in VG dust jacket with minor tape repairs
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Crown 4to, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in (257 x 192 mm); vii + 70 pp; printed in black with red title, on Batchelor hand-made paper with 11 pt. Caslon O.F. type. 12 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Quarter bound in parchment with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. Interior and binding free of imperfections. Copy no. 99 of 375, Bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton on inside cover, and Ingleton library number on green ink stamp on back cover. Also previous owner embossed stamp T.M.R. on flyleaf. [Chanticleer 58; Ransom p. 297, no. 53]. The GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS was founded by Harold Midgely Taylor in 1920 with the object of publishing new works of literary significance by young authors and to print and publish fine editions of books of established worth. When Mr. Taylor retired in 1924 it was purchased by Robert Gibbins, known as an illustrator and woodcutter (Tomkinson, p .93) "Golden Cockerel books are amongst the most popular and desirable private press items." (Ransom p. 106).
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
SWIFT, JONATHAN. Miscellaneous Poems. Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1928.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gilt lettered quarter vellum over marbled boards. Wrapped in decoarative dust jacket which is a little bit oversized and faded on spine with stains. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies of which this is #150. Nicely illustrated by Robert Gibbings.Tear in jacket at top of spine o/w near fine copy Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
SWIFT, Jonathan. Miscellaneous Poems. Golden Cockere Press, Berkshire, 1928.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Decorated with engravings by Robert Gibbings. 69pp., deckled edges, unopened, thin 4to, vellum backed green marbled boards. (Berkshire): The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Very good (+). Number 64 of 375 hand numbered copies.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
SWIFT, JONATHAN. Miscellaneous Poems. Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edited, selected and with an Introduction by R. Ellis Roberts. 4to. Illustrated with 12 woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. Full brown morocco stamped, illustrated and lettered in gilt employing a beautiful period "Arts and Crafts" style by Riviere. From a limited edition of 375 copies, this one being number 26, on handmade Batchelor paper. t.e.g. Some minor rubbing else fine. An over-all very lovely copy. Ransom. Very Good +.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$402.68 + shipping
Description: Edited by R. Ellis Roberts; decorated with Engravings on Wood by Robert Gibbings. Pp. viii+68+[2](colophon, blank), mostly printed double column, cockerel device at centre of title page, plus 12 text illustrations, the title printed in red; tall cr. 4to; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly creased and chipped, the backstrip faded and with piece torn from head; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, free endpapers faintly offset; The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies on Batchelor hand-made paper. Chanticleer 58; Kirkus 34. *Signed by the Editor on the preliminary blank.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia