JONES, Gwyn, John Petts [Illus.]. THE GREEN ISLAND. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1946.

Price: US$96.62 + shipping

Description: 8vo. pp 84. Purple and green buckram decorated and lettered in gilt at front and spine. Illustrated throughout with engravings by John Petts. Published in a limited, numbered edition of 500, the first hundred being specially bound. This copy is number 208. Very good indeed, a few small marks to boards. Clean and unmarked throughout.

Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom

Jones, Gwyn. The Green Island. A Novel. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: 407 of 500 copies. Engraved by John Petts. 84pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Engraved by John Petts. 84pp. 1 vols. 8vo

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Jones, Gwyn. THE GREEN ISLAND. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1946.

Price: US$100.77 + shipping

Description: A novel. Engravings by John Petts. Pp. 84, frontispiece, title page vignette, and 9 text illustrations (one full page), the title page printed in green & black; roy. 8vo; green and grey canvas, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine and edges of boards faintly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, frontispiece faintly offset onto title page, edges of outer leaves faintly browned, a couple of tiny spots of foxing; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1946. One of 400 numbered copies thus bound (total edition 500). Cockalorum 169. *According to Christopher Sandford, the illustrator, John Petts, 'the leading Welsh engraver. was a parachutist, and made all these engravings in a tent in the desert' [Cockalorum p. 30].

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

Jones, Gwyn. The Green Island. Golden Cockerel Press, England, 1946.

Price: US$109.50 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Limited edition (228 of 500) in green and brown cloths with Golden Cockerel design in gilt on cover.Top edge gilt. Title page lettering in green. Printed on hand-made paper with deckle edge. Illustrated with 10 wood engravings plus a Cockerel device on the title page. In lovely, clean condition throughout with no fading or fraying, no marks or inscriptions and no faults to note. Payment by credit card through ABE. Paypal accepted.

Seller: Joelle Godard Books, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, United Kingdom

Jones, Gwyn. The Green Island. 1946, Golden Cockerel Press, first edition, 1946.

Price: US$115.94 + shipping

Description: A novel by Gwyn Jones, with engravings by John Petts. A Golden Cockerel book produced & published by Christopher Sandford. Limited to 500 copies, this one being number 206. Two-tone green & brown boards with Golden Cockerel gold motif on front. Fine condition.

Seller: Colin Neville, Woodbine Books, Keighley, United Kingdom

JONES, Gwyn.. The Green Island. [SIGNED]. , 1946.

Price: US$161.03 + shipping

Description: The Golden Cockerel Press, London. 1946. Large, slim 8vo, two tone green cloth boards, gilt type and golden cockerel motif to upper board. Limited edition of 500, of which this is no. 328. Roughcut pages. Engravings by John Pett. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on March 1st 1985. A lttle foxing to rear endpaper, and a gift inscription to front endpaper. A lovely copy.

Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom