Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two-sided prospectus for newly translated version of Hymn to Aphrodite to be published in September 1948. Printed read and black on mould-made paper. Front engraving and border decoration by Mark Severin together with another engraving (taken from the book) on the reverse side. Light foxing to margins - not impacting on the illustrations. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight of this prospectus.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$23.42 + shipping
Description: Pp. [2], broadsheet: title page printed in red and black with wood-engraved border and illustration by Mark Severin, prospectus, with wood-engraving by Severin; 25.2 cm. x 15.8 cm.; grey laid paper; horizontal crease at centre; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948. Cock-a-Hoop P177.ii.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$23.42 + shipping
Description: Pp. [2], broadsheet: title page printed in red and black with wood-engraved border and illustration by Mark Severin, prospectus, with wood-engraving by Severin; 25.2 cm. x 15.8 cm.; cream laid paper; horizontal crease at centre, corners slightly creased, some foxing; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948. Cock-a-Hoop P177.i.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Lucas, F. L.. The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948.
Price: US$256.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1948. Limited Edition - no.638/750. Folio. 35pp. Illustrated by Mark Severin. Publisher's vellum spine, green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and decoration to upper. Some minor markings to cloth. Otherwise a 'Very Good+' copy. Uncommon.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Lucas, F. L., translator. The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1948.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Thin 4to (12 ½” x 7 ½”). Ten engravings by Mark Severin. Gild stamped black morocco over terracotta cloth, upper cover with large gilt stamped design of Aphrodite standing in a seashell, t.e.g., uncut. No dust jacket. Very good. 36 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Number 389 of 750 numbered copies, designed by Christopher Sandford.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2566.53 + shipping
Description: First Golden Cockerel Press edition, number 5 of 100 deluxe copies signed by the translator and specially bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, from a total edition of 750 copies. This edition features the original Ancient Greek text alongside Lucas's English translation, with woodcut illustrations by the Belgian artist Mark Severin. Tall quarto. Publisher's deluxe binding of full red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine lettered in gilt, two raised bands, covers decorated in gilt after Severn's illustrations, turn-ins ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With original grey cloth slipcase. With 13 wood engravings. Title page printed in black and red. Text printed in Poliphilus Roman and New Hellenic Greek types on Arnold's mould-made paper by F. J. Newbery at the Chiswick Press. Bookseller's ticket to front turn-in. Binding a little darkened, a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2887.35 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The sole UK printing of this illustrated edition published by The Golden Cockerel Press, London in 1948. Number '10' of 100 specially bound copies signed by the translator, from an overall limitation of 750. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just some very slight fading of colouring to the spine. Small folio; wood-engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and twelve half-page wood-engravings by Mark Severin, title in red & black. The publisher's original pictorial red morocco with gilt decorations by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The top edge gilt, others are uncut. Housed in the original cloth slip-case. Loosely laid in is a two sided Publisher's Prospectus which is in Fine condition. An excellent example of this special edition, with the splendid illustrations by Belgian-born artist & graphic designer Mark Severin, famous for his miniaturised work, bookplates, erotic studies and graphic design work for companies including Imperial Airways and the London Underground. The Homeric Hymns were a series of poems written and performed to celebrate the Greek gods, written in the same epic meter as Homer's 'Iliad' & 'Odyssey'. A highlight from the Cockerel Press. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcome direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom