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GILL, Eric (illus.); POWYS MATHERS, E.. Procreant Hymn. Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Lovely, just a little spotting to the blank pastedowns as always, tiny bit of darkening to the spine. VG+ or better. Contents very clean, in a custom paper slipcase with the front of the original jacket pasted on (though spotted by that paste) that has protected the book. 191/200 COPIES printed on Batchelor handmade paper, 5 copperplate-engravings by Eric Gill, pp. 20, 8vo.

Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

ERIC GILL. God Sending Signed and numbered.. Self Published, 1926.

Price: US$1234.57 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Eric Gill copper etching printed on laid paper, 1926. Signed ;Eric G and numbered 2 of an edition of 15 in pencil. In very good clean condition. Image size 10.3 x 8.7cm (4.5 x 3.5 inches) Sheet size 24 x 13.8cm (9.5 x 8.25 inches))Felix Dennis (1949-2014) Collection: Felix Dennis was an English publisher, poet, spoken-word performer and philanthropist. His company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. One of the three editors of Oz Magazine.Reference: Physick 359 (81) Proof of the frontispiece to Procreant Hymn by E. Powys Mathers, Number 37 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Physick also states that there was a numbered edition of 15 which Gill had priced at £1.1 shilling.

Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom

GILL, Eric.. Earth Receiving. Original copper engraving. No. 7 of 15 copies, signed in pencil, "Eric G.". , 1926.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: Plate mark 4-3/8 x 3-3/8 inches. Matted and framed. Fine original condition. One of five illustrations originally published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1926 for "Procreant Hymn" by E. Powys Mathers, this is one of 15 additional numbered impressions issued separately.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Mathers, E. Powys. Procreant Hymn. The Golden Cockerel Press, England, 1926.

Price: US$1679.73 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The edition is limited to 175 numbered copies for sale and 25 for presentation. This is No. 51. --- Original cream buckram, lettered gilt on spine (24.6 cm height). Top edge gilt. Pages uncut. Batchelor hand-made paper. Dustwrapper: marginal tears, chipping, age-spotting internally. Now protected. Pp. (ii) + 20 + (ii) (blank, colophon) Frontispiece + 4 copper-engravings by Gill: "God Sending", "Earth Waiting", "Earth Inviting", "Dalliance", and "Earth Receiving".

Seller: D. A. Horn Books, Adelaide, SA, Australia

MATHERS, E. Powys. Illustrated by GILL, Eric.. PROCREANT HYMN.. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926., 1926.

Price: US$1682.91 + shipping

Description: Limited edition, no. 197 of 200 copies, 8vo., pp.20,(i)colophon, cream cloth, gilt, t.e.g., deckle-edged paper, engraved frontispiece by Eric Gill, 4 further engravings by Gill; slight toning to spine and margins of the cloth boards, a very good copy indeed, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to spine and margins, with partial loss to spine (12mms loss at tailband, and apx. 20mms loss at headband), with light loss and small closed tears to other extremities, good+ and now in protective cover.

Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom

ERIC GILL. Earth Receiving Signed and numbered wood engraving. Self Published, 1926.

Price: US$1949.32 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Eric Gill copper etching titled Earth Receiving Printed in 1926, it is on hand made laid, signed and numbered 3 of an edition of 25. Framed. Not examined out of frame but appears to be in good clean condition and not laid down. Image Size 115 x 91mm (5.5 x 3.5 inches) Frame sizeFelix Dennis (1949-2014) Collection: Felix Dennis was an English publisher, poet, spoken-word performer and philanthropist. His company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. One of the three editors of Oz Magazine. Reference: Physick 367 Proof fora an alternative design for the illustration to face page 19 of Procreant Hymn by E.Powys Mathers, number 37 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Physick states that Gill did an edition of 25 numbered proofs. There is another version (Physick 863) made in an edition of 15, size 4.5 x 3.5 inches. I am happy to take the print out of the frame for a condition report if requested.

Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom

Mathers, E. Powys. PROCREANT HYMN. The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1926.

Price: US$2015.67 + shipping

Description: Pp. [ii]+20+[2](blank, colophon), copper-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by Eric Gill; med. 8vo; white buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the boards very faintly foxed, bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; dust wrapper, foxed, edges lightly creased and split, with a couple of tiny chips, short closed tear at foot of front flap fold, the backstrip slightly browned and with small inked initial at head; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers faintly offset, a couple of tiny spots of foxing; The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1926. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies on Batchelor hand-made paper (175 for sale). Chanticleer 37; Gill 277. *The first book illustrated for the press by Eric Gill, who originally 'provided some copper-engravings made in one of his enfant terrible moods; plates decidedly too enthusiastic, too frank, too rampant for Golden Cockerel to risk. A considerably toned-down set of engravings appeared in the book, but even they caused trouble' [A History of the Golden Cockerel Press p. 37].

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

Gill (Eric),- Mathers (E. Powys). Procreant Hymn. Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.

Price: US$2306.69 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition. 1926. Limited issue, number 117 of 200 copies, of which 175 were for sale. Copper-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by Eric Gill. Original cream buckram. Deckled-edged paper. Spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Without dust wrapper. Octavo. Tight, clean and fresh copy. Procreant Hymn is first book illustrated by Eric Gill for the Golden Cockerel Press, to which he contributed five copper engravings: in order, these are titled "God Sending", "Earth Waiting", "Earth Inviting", "Dalliance", and "Earth Receiving", though their names are not printed in the book. The "explicit eroticism" of Gill's illustrations "shocked many of his former supporters and drew puzzled reproaches from the Dominicans" (ODNB). Gill 277; Franklin, pp. 329-30; Ransom, p. 296. Exceptionally clean and fresh boards and internally. Rare, near fine copy. Direct orders welcome.

Seller: PETER FRY (PBFA), Grange- over -Sands, CUMBR, United Kingdom

(Golden Cockerel Press.) MATHERS (E. Powys). Procreant Hymn.. Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.

Price: US$2339.18 + shipping

Description: 96/200 COPIES printed on Batchelor handmade paper, 5 copperplate-engravings by Eric Gill, pp. 20, 8vo, original white buckram, backstrip gilt lettered, t.e.g., others untrimmed, dustjacket with small chip to one corner, very good. Gill's engravings are exhibitionist in their conjunction of the religious and the erotic - Powys Mathers' poem essays a similar union, but Gill's capacity for exploration exceeded the poet's and four of the illustrations he provided were deemed too obscene, with the publisher's inserted note (not present here) advising that they could be obtained direct from the artist. (Chanticleer 37; Gill, Corey & Mackenzie 277)

Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom

GILL, Eric (illus.); POWYS MATHERS, E.. Procreant Hymn.. Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926, 1926.

Price: US$2923.98 + shipping

Description: First edition, limited issue, number 41 of 200 copies, of which 175 were for sale. Procreant Hymn is first book illustrated by Eric Gill for the Golden Cockerel Press, to which he contributed five copper engravings: in order, these are titled "God Sending", "Earth Waiting", "Earth Inviting", "Dalliance", and "Earth Receiving", though their names are not printed in the book. The book was printed in Caslon type on handmade paper; the "explicit eroticism" of Gill's illustrations "shocked many of his former supporters and drew puzzled reproaches from the Dominicans" (ODNB). Gill 277; Franklin, pp. 329-30; Ransom, p. 296. Octavo. Original cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With dust jacket. With 5 copper-engraved plates, including frontispiece, by Gill. A fine copy in the scarce dust jacket, a little rubbed and toned, couple of short closed tears to folds and rear panel, sharp and well-preserved.

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