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Price: US$25.44 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3 separate prospectuses: A Croppe of Kisses: Selected Lyrics of Ben Johnson, dated 1937 ; The First Fleet + The Record of the Foundation of Australia from Its Conception to the Settlement at Sydney Cove, dated 1937 + Nelson's Letters: From the Leeward Islands, dated 1953. Engravings by Peter Barker-Mill and Geoffrey Wales. Previous booksellers details stamped to the front cover of one prospectus. Crease across centre of the two other prospectuses.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$33.22 + shipping
Description: Compiled from the original documents in the Public Record Office. With extracts from the log-books of H.M.S. Sirius and an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. Contents: Pp. [2], broadsheet: title page and prospectus with wood-engraving by Peter Barker-Mill; 31 cm. x 19 cm.; white laid paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937. Cock-a-Hoop Pl23.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Description: Small folio, four page prospectus printed on laid paper. Untrimmed. Lynton Lamb woodblock illustration of clipper under sail with dock and sailor in foreground. Old fold below illustration.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$199.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 160pp, bw wood engravings. Or two-toned cloth. The blue cloth is lifting and fraying slightly along the diagonal on the front cover. The spine a little faded, and the cloth splitting along the front of the spine (aaprox 4 inches/10cm) but NOT affecting the join/hinge which is firm. Small bookseller label to front pastedown, a little light toning to pages. Copy owned by A.M. Duncan-Kemp (author of several books on Australian Aborigines) with his signature on the front free endpaper. Internally the book is clean and tight. Edition limited to 350 copies of which this #263. Size: Folio
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Price: US$265.78 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: AUSTRALIANA ANTIQUARIANCompiled from the original documents in the Public Record Office, with extracts from the log-books of H.M.S. Sirius and an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter ; five engravings by Peter Barker-Mill. First Edition 149, [1] p., 4 p. of plates : ill. ; 32 cm. #081223 SCARCE Very competitively priced. "Some of this material is now printed for the first time ; the more important documents appear in the Historical records of New South Wales, published in Sydney in 1892." "The First Fleet has been printed & published by Christopher and Anthony Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press of 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the 24th day of August, 1937. The edition is limited to 375 copies printed on Arnold's hand-made paper in Perpetua type" Includes despatches from Arthur Phillip and proposals from James M. Matra for establishing a settlement in New South Wales. No. 300 of the limited ed. of 375 copies Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK4337. Convict ships First Fleet, 1787-1788 Australia -- History -- To 1788 -- Sources Matra, James Mario, 1748?-1806 Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814 Rutter, Owen, 1889-1944 Sandford, Anthony Sandford, Christopher Barker-Mill, Peter Golden Cockerel Press Design from front board echoed on colophon.Please request additional images. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. (Please note: Over standard weight or size. Orders via ABE Books or Biblio or from Overseas may incur additional postage charges. We will contact you prior to processing order to request your approval or contact us to confirm postage cost.)
Seller: Elizabeth's Bookshops, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (161pp). Uncut and unopened. All printed for the first time from Manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, with an Introduction and Notes by Owen Rutter & Engravings on Wood by Peter Barker-Mill. No. 60 of a Limited Edition of 350 Copies Only. Light shelf-wear bottom edge, covers lightly rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed, else nicely preserved copy Size: Slim Quarto
Seller: C.P. Collins Booksellers, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
Price: US$305.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback, original cloth, with gilt block design to front. 31.5 x 20cm. 149pp, [2]. Five engravings by Peter Barker-Mill. Number 55 of an edition of 375 copies. Design from front board echoed on colophon. Corners slightly bumped. Some marks to end-papers caused by offsetting from the tape that was used to attach a removeable protective cover. Otherwise just a few light spots, mainly to exterior page edges, a very good clean copy.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 41 of 300 copies. Some chipping and wear to the spine but batik cloth boards bright and fine. Interior bright and fine. Lovely map endpapers from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Printed by Christopher and Anthony Sanford and Owen Rutter in Perpetua type on handmade paper ; Text published for the first time from the Bordeaux manuscript of 1681, translated by Stephanie and Denis Clark. Introduction and notes by Ashley Gibson. Contemporary engravings reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse, Amsterdam 1676. Includes a facsimile of Lancombe's manuscript. Lancombe details his travels to Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, Ternat, Nambonne, Gounong Apy, Siam, Moluccas, and China, providing interesting observations and insights to modern day readers; Small Folio
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
[Golden Cockerel Press]. Collection of Prospectuses. Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a collection of prospectuses for five of the books issued by the famed Golden Cockerel Press in 1937. There are six prospectuses, with two copies for one of the titles. They are held in a green folder with a stylized illustration of a cock in a cocked hat and frock coat in black and the title "The Golden Cockerel Private/ Press Books /Spring List 1937." The inside two pages of the folder are printed with an essay about the private press - what it is and isn't - and an announcement for the upcoming publication of Paradise Lost in May. The back of the folder has a notice to subscribers that most of their editions are oversubscribed upon announcement, and excerpts from positive reviews of some of their earlier publications. The prospectuses are as follows with information from the Cock-a-Hoop bibliography published by the Private Libraries Association in 1976: P118. The Book of Days by Llewlyn Powys. Four pages, printed on Batchelor laid hand-made paper, with a collotype reproduction of an etching by Elizabeth Corsellis and a specimen page. 13 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches. 4,000 copies. P120. Bligh's Voyage in the Resource. Two copies. One sheet, two pages, printed on white laid paper, with a wood engraving by Peter Barker-Mill. 12 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 5,000 copies. P121. A Croppe of Kisses by Ben Jonson. Four pages, printed on white laid paper with a Cockerel device on the front, with a specimen page and an appreciation. Inserted is the subscription form. 12 1/8 x 7 3/8 inches. 5,000 copies. P122. Ana the Runner by Patrick Miller. Four pages, printed on white wove paper. with a wood engraving by Clifford Webb on a specimen plate and a specimen page from chapter I. 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches. 7,000 copies. P123. The First Fleet with introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. Two pages, printed on white laid paper, with a wood-engraving by Peter Barker-Mill. 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. 5,500 copies. The prospectuses are all in near fine condition, the larger ones with horizontal fold lines from mailing. The green folder holding the items is faded lightly worn and creased around the edges. There is a horizontal fold line for mailing. The folder measures 9.5 x 13.5 inches. A very nice representative collection of ephemera from this renowned 20th century private press. Very good condition. PRI/041223.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$445.21 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No. 256 of an edition limited to 375 copies, on Arnold's handmade paper. 1st owner bookplate to FPD. Compiled from the original documents in the Public Record Office, with extracts from the Log-Books of HMS Sirius. Tiny paint splash to spine.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$498.33 + shipping
Description: Compiled from the original documents in the Public Record Office. With extracts from the log-books of H.M.S. Sirius and an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter . . . Pp. 150+[2](colophon, blank), 5 engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, 4 facsimiles; narrow roy. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board with gilt device on beige panel, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; uncut; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937. One of 375 numbered copies on Arnold's hand-made paper. Pertelote l23.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$521.58 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1937 Golden Cockerel Press First Edition, limited to 375 copies, this being number 59. An introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. Foreword by The Hon. B.S.B Stevens, M.L.A., Premier of New South Wales. Five engravings by Peter Barker-Mill. Book is in good lightly marked ex-library condition. Size: lLarge Book - between A4 and A3. 149 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Australia; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50831.
Seller: Serendipitous Ink, Rosewood, QLD, Australia
Price: US$996.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ÂMARITIME AUSTRALIANAVery Competitive price! Now published for the first time from the manuscript in the Admiralty records, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter, comments on Bligh's navigation by Rear-Admiral J.A. Edgell Comments on Bligh's Navigation by Rear Admiral J. A. Edgell, O.B.E., Hydrographer of the Navy, and Four Engravings on Wood by Lynton Lamb. In two volumes. pp. 436 (last blank)+ 260 (last colophon), pictorial double title page both volumes, full page plan of the Bounty's launch, 2 full page charts, colophon decoration; narrow roy. 4to; qr. red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, cream & green 'sail-type' cloth boards" . printed from the official manuscript in the Admiralty records by Christopher & Anthony Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press . and completed on the 10th day of March, 1937. The edition is limited to 300 sets of the two volumes, printed on mould-made paper." 2 v. : ill. ; 32 cm. #081223 First Edition. 2 volumes complete. SCARCE Very competitive price! Number 30 of the Edition limited to 300 numbered sets on mould-made paper. Light foxing to prelims and light rubbing to cloth edges. Tight copies of this splendid set of highly collectable books. Discolouration/soiling (2cm x 1.5cm) and cloth wear (1.5cm) to top of Volume 2 spine cover corner. Bounty (Ship) Voyages and travels Bounty Mutiny, 1789 Oceania -- Description and travel Oceania -- Discovery and explorationOther authors/contributors: Sandford, Christopher Sandford, Anthony Lamb, Lynton, 1907-1977 Rutter, Owen, 1889-1944 Edgell, John, Sir, 1880-1962 Golden Cockerel PressPlease request additional images. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.
Seller: Elizabeth's Bookshops, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Price: US$1063.10 + shipping
Description: All printed for the first time from the manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. Pp. 160+[2](colophon, verso blank), 6 wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, facsimiles of Bligh's own map and of pages from the Log; tall 4to; blue & beige 'sail-type' binding, spine lettered in gilt, edges a trifle soiled; uncut, partly unopened; signature (upside down) on lower free endpaper, the outer leaves lightly foxed; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937. Edition limited to 350 copies on mould-made paper. Pertelote l20. *A sequel to The Log of the Bounty.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$2035.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG, Ltd ed, 2 vols, 1937. Two volumes in the publishers tri coloured cloth, 'sail' design, corners & edges lightly rubbed, couple of small marks, gilt titles to spine. Internally, Vol 1, [5], 6-435, 2 illustrations, 1 log facsimile. Vol 2, [4], 5-258 pp, [1], [1] limitation, 2 illustrations, 4 facsimiles (2 of maps,1 of log & 1 of launch), most pages uncut, text block edges uncut, some occasional spots to block edges and blanks, 2 book labels to fpds (Christian Heuer & Graham R Barker). An edition Limited to just 300 copies. (316*193 mm 315*191 mm). (Pertelote 117). Title continues: being Lieutenant William Bligh's log of the proceedings of His Majesty's armed vessel Bounty in a voyage to the South seas, to take the breadfruit from the Society islands to the West Indies Now published for the first time from the manuscript in the Admiralty records, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter, comments on Bligh's navigation by Rear-Admiral J.A.Edgell
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Price: US$2657.75 + shipping
Description: to take the Breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies. Now Published for the First Time from the Manuscript in the Admiralty Records, with an Introduction and Notes by Owen Rutter, Comments on Bligh's Navigation by Rear Admiral J. A. Edgell, O.B.E., Hydrographer of the Navy, and Four Engravings on Wood by Lynton Lamb. In two volumes. Pp. 436(last blank)+260(last colophon), pictorial double title page both volumes, full page plan of the Bounty's launch, 2 full page charts, colophon decoration; narrow roy. 4to; qr. red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, cream & green 'sail-type' cloth boards, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, lower board of Volume I very slightly foxed, the bottom fore-corner of upper board Volume II bumped; partly unopened, the fore and bottom edges uncut; edges of leaves a trifle soiled, a couple of spots of foxing; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937. Edition limited to 300 numbered sets on mould-made paper. Pertelote 117. *The first publication of Bligh's log and (according to the publishers, Pertelote p. 12) 'the first ship's log to be published with full details'.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia