Price: US$19.81 + shipping
Description: Single fold, 4 pp., title page printed in black, with title page roundel, full page wood engraving by Clifford Webb, specimen page of text, prospectus; impl. 8vo; cream wove paper; lightly browned and soiled, horizontal crease at centre, partially obscured stamp of 'The London Literary Lounge' on first page; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948. Cock-a-Hoop Pl81.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
BANNET, Ivor.. The Amazons: A Novel.. London Golden Cockerel Press, 1948.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No. 462 of an edition of 500 copies. Printed on Arnold mouldmade paper, 12 wood-engravings, some full-page, by Clifford Webb, and reproductions of 3 pen-and-ink maps by Mina Greenhill. 253 pp. 7 ¾ in. x 11 ¼ in. Brown cloth spine, hinges and fore-edges, rest of binding is paper of lighter-brown shades over boards. Gilt titling on spine, fore-edge untrimmed. Some light tanning (foxing) to some prelims and to final blank pages. Rear paste-down has a small sticker with the name of a N. Y. bookseller. Lower corners have small bumps
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition 1/2 leather Nice copy large octavo 253pp., frontis., illusts., No. 238 of 420 numbered copies on Arnold's hand-made paper. Bound by Sutcliffe & Sangorski in half brown morocco over marbled paper
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 500 copies, quarto size, 253 pp., with prospectus. The Golden Cockerel Press came together in autumn of 1920, at a time when post-World War I society was ushering in a renaissance of creative minds, including another renaissance of the printing press as the artist's tool similar to that of William Morris and the arts and crafts printers of the previous century. The press worked with many notable artists including Eric Gill, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Robert Gibbings, and the artist for this work, Clifford Webb. Clifford Cyril Webb (1895-1972) studied art and is best known today for his wood engravings. He was a founder-member of the Society of Wood Engravers, and "was a prominent figure in the group of engravers whobrought about the revival of wood engraving in the 1920s, and benefited from the encouragement of Robert Gibbings and the Golden Cockerel Press" (n.b., quote from Webb's entry in Horne, "The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators", p. 437). The engravings for this work, "The Amazons", are deemed "the finest yet produced by this master of black and white. He [Webb] made a brilliant contrast between the scenes of warfare - as at Phaselis and near Argos - and the interludes of peace - as in the cave of Cronos and the garden of the Hesperides" (n.b, Cockalorum, p. 55). While this writer agrees whole-heartedly with this assessment, she would like to point out that Webb also had a sense of humour, as can be seen in the press device at the colophon. With the Ex-Libris of Lee Lawrence Stopple, who in addition to being a newspaper publisher in the city of Santa Rosa for many years was a collector of Californiana and Mountaineering books, and a member of several San Francisco area book clubs, including the Roxburghe Club (SF) from 1935-1960. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half brown leather over marbled paper boards, the leather down the spine and vertically down the fore-edge of each board, gilt lettering and the Press device on the shelfback, top edge gilt, Ex-Libris on the front pastedown as set forth above, the frontis ("The Amazon Fleet sails") one of twelve wood engravings bound in thoughout, the text opens on p. 18 with one of three maps (reproduced from pen and ink drawings) opposite; Poliphilus and Centaur types on mould-made paper, quarto size, pagination: [1-8] 9-253, limited edition of 500 copies, this no. 357. Loosely laid in is the prospectus, a single sheet folded to four pages, the cover page a mirror of the title page, the second page the frontis illustration, the third a sample page of text, the usual prospectus information on the back page; measuring 10 7/8" by 7 1/2" when closed. ___CONDITION: Near fine, the leather binding smooth and supple, the marbled boards unrubbed, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and other than the Ex-Libris entirely free of prior owner markings; the spine slightly sunned and with a few dark spots, some light foxing and light dustiness to the marbled boards, and light offsetting to the endpapers. The prospectus very good, with overall sunning, light edgewear, and a few stains at the top margin of the cover page. ___CITATION: Cockalorum, no. 181. ___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.
Bannet, Ivor. THE AMAZONS: A novel. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948.
Price: US$330.22 + shipping
Description: Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 252+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, 7 full page illustrations, pictorial tailpiece, 3 full page maps; impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half brown morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, the top fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; binder's stamp at foot of upper pastedown; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948. One of 420 numbered copies thus bound, of a total edition of 500. Cockalorum181. *The maps were drawn by Mina Greenhill.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Bannet, Ivor. THE AMAZONS: A novel. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948.
Price: US$495.33 + shipping
Description: Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 252+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, and 10 full page illustrations by Clifford Webb, plus 3 full page maps by Mina Greenhill; impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full dark brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt within raised bands, boards decorated in gilt with designs by Clifford Webb, gilt edges; t.e.g., others uncut; within brown cloth slipcase (the lining paper foxed); book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, pages 179-188 misbound, scattered light foxing; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948. One of 80 numbered copies thus bound (total edition 500) and signed at colophon by the author and the artist. Cockalorum 181. *Unusually for a private press item, this copy is misbound, although the text is complete.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$889.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The First UK printing published by The Golden Cockerel Press, London in 1948. Number '36' of only 80 specially bound copies signed by both the author and artist to the limitation page. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Full brown morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with five raised bands, gilt spine titling and large gilt designs by the artist on the upper and lower covers. Gilt ruled turn-ins. top edge gilt and others uncut. 3 maps by Mina Greenhill and 10 wood engravings by Clifford Webb, 8 full page. Some discolouration and light marking to the outer fore edge of the front board and some light fading to the outer fore edge of the rear cover with a neat previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Loosely inserted is the 4 page publisher's prospectus. The book is protected in loose Mylar archival cover. A very handsome production - 'Clifford Webb's wood engravings seemed to me the finest yet produced by this master of black and white.' (COCKALORUM 181). More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom