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Coppard, A.E.. The Hundreth Story of A. E. Coppard. Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St Lawrence, 1931.

Price: US$97.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good in patterned paper-covered boards and leather spine stamped in gilt and glassine dust jacket with chips and tears on the rear panel. Light shelfwear, light rubbing on the spine and small chips at the spine extremities. Laid in is a "Notice to Subscribers" by Robert and Moira Gibbings. Copy number 140 of 1,000 copies.

Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.

GIBBINGS, Robert; COPPARD, A.E.. THE HUNDRETH STORY OF A.E. COPPARD With Engravings By Robert Gibbings. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.

Price: US$105.75 + shipping

Description: First edition. 8vo. Number 57 of 1,000 copies. Publisher's quarter green morocco over patterned paper-covered boards. Lettered gilt to spine. Publisher's notice loosely laid in. A very good copy, toned to spine. Wood engravings by Gibbings throughout the text.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

Coppard, A.[lfred] E.[dgar]; Gibbings, Robert (ill.). The Hundreth Story of A. E. Coppard. Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St Lawrence, 1931.

Price: US$124.43 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. The first Golden Cockerel Press book to be printed in the 'Golden Cockerel' font, which was specially designed for the press by Eric Gill. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is No. 964. ¶ Description: Original green leather spine and decorated boards (designed by Tirzah Garwood). Gilt title to spine. Octavo: 25 × 17 cm; pp. [1], 57, [2]. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Printed on English hand-made paper. With 4 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. ¶ Enclosed: Loosely inserted is the "Notice to Subscribers" by Moira and Robert Gibbings. ¶ Ref.: Cave/Manson 74; Chanticleer 74 ¶ Condition: Spine ends show some rubbing, apart from that a very fine, crisp clean and tight copy. ¶

Seller: Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints, Zürich, Switzerland