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Golden Cockerel Press Prospectus P185. PASIPHAE. A Poem by A. C. Swinburne. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1950.

Price: US$20.16 + shipping

Description: Pp. [4], singlefold: title page and one full page copper engraving, reproduced by collotype, by John Buckland-Wright, prospectus; 23.5 cm. x 14. 7 cm.; white wove paper; lightly browned; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1950. Cock-a-Hoop Pl85.

Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

A. C. Swinburne. Pasiphaë [Prospectus]. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1950.

Price: US$37.69 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 4pp Prospectus printed at The Golden Cockerel Press on laid paper. Untrimmed fore edge. Sample page of 15 lines of poetry (p32) and a full-page illustration of maiden and bull, by John Buckland-Wright. Front cover illustration of the Minotaur with floral border. In fine condition. Now protected in an archival envelope. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight of this prospectus.

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

Swinburne, A. C. [Ill. John Buckland-Wright]. Pasiphaë. Poem by A. C. Swinburne.. London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1950., 1950.

Price: US$216.06 + shipping

Description: 8°. 40 S. mit |6 Orig.-Kupferstichen|. Zweifarbiges Orig.-Leinen (dunkelblau/gelb) mit goldgepr. RTitel und goldgepr. Stierkopf-Darstellung am VDeckel. Kopfgoldschnitt. Eins von 500 numerierten Exemplaren für Subskribenten, gedruckt in der Bembo type auf Bütten. Von den 6 eleganten Kupferstichen Buckland-Wrights sind 4 ganzseitig auf Tafeln und 2 im Text. Einband leicht berieben und minimal fleckig. Innen gutes und sauberes, insgesamt wirklich schönes Exemplar. ----------------------- Swinburne, A. C. [Ill. John Buckland-Wright] Pasiphaë. Poem by A. C. Swinburne. London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. 8vo. 40 pp. with 6 original copper engravings. Blue and yellow buckrams with gilt title and gilt bull's head illustration on front cover. top edge gilt. One of 500 numbered copies for subscribers, printed in Bembo type on laid paper. Of the 6 elegant copper engravings by Buckland-Wright 4 are full-page on plates and 2 in the text. Binding slightly rubbed and minimally stained. Internally a good and clean, overall really nice copy.

Seller: Antiquariat Ars Amandi, Berlin, Germany

A.C. Swinburne. Pasiphae. Golden Cockerel, 1950.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: #318/500cc. Copper engravings by John Buckland-Wright. Mild edgewear.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

(Golden Cockerel Press) Swinburne (A.C.). Pasiphae. [Introduction by Randolph Hughes. Illustrated with 6 copper-engravings by John Buckland Wright.]. 8vo, 22.5cm, 40pp., Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1950., 1950.

Price: US$259.91 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Set in Bembo. Number 366 of 400 (500) copies on mould-made paper bound in blue and yellow buckrams, gilt top, stamped in gilt. 6 copper-engravings, all but 2 full-page. A near fine copy. (Cock-a-Hoop 185) The Introduction, which tells the story of the error-choked Gosse-Wise first edition (twenty copies, 1915) makes excellent reading.

Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom

A.C. Swinburne, John Buckland-White (illustrator). Pasiphae. Golden Cockerel Press, 1950.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near fine copy in purple and gold buckram with gilt title on spine and bull embellishment on front cover. Still has onion skin wrap, but it is significantly chipped at spine ends and fore-edges. Numbered 395/500 copies. 8vo. We would be happy to send photos upon request.

Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Swinburne, Algernon C.. Pasiphaë. Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1950.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo; 9 x 5 3/4 inches (228 x 144 mm); 40 pp., 13 pt Bembo type. 6+1 copper engravings by John Buckland Wright, with tissue guards. This is copy no. 96 of 100 special numbered copies with one extra engraving facing the title page. Bound by Sandorski & Sutcliffe, London (stamped in gilt on inside front cover) in wine coloured vellum boards, gilt title and gilt image of Horus with the sun between the horns; gilt fillet on turn-ins; t.e.g, rest uncut; spine slightly faded, as expected by the publisher (see comments below) [Cock-a-Hoop 185]. «Among the greatest poets of antiquity Euripides, Propertius, Virgil, and Ovid all found in the legend of beautiful, tortured Pasiphaë, who loved a bull, a subject to evoke sublime verse, and Swinburne when he chose this theme was thus in noble company. Ignored by editors and critics, the poem is nevertheless comparable with his finest work, and it gave me much satisfaction that ours was the first correct printing of the text, carefully copied from the original manuscript in the British Museum. he dyed vellum bindings of the specials I find very charming, though the dye has a tendency to wear off a little with time and use.» David Chambers, Cock-a-Hoop: The Bibliography of the Goldern Cockerel Press, 1950-1961. 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.