Lot 231
Golden Cockerel Press.- Mathers (E.Powys) Procreant Hymn, one of 200 copies, bound in crimson goatskin by J.Franklin Mowery, 1926
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Mathers (E.Powys) Procreant Hymn, number 156 of 200 copies, copper-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by Eric Gill, book-label of Jan van der Marck, bound in crimson goatskin, by J.Franklin Mowery, text of first line of each stanza in blind running continuously across both covers and spine (the more erotic lines slightly larger), graphite top edge, others uncut, signed "JFM '95" at foot rear turn-in, board slip-case, [Chanticleer 37], 8vo (235 x 155mm.), Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.
⁂ The first book illustrated for the press by Eric Gill.
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Mathers (E.Powys) Procreant Hymn, number 156 of 200 copies, copper-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by Eric Gill, book-label of Jan van der Marck, bound in crimson goatskin, by J.Franklin Mowery, text of first line of each stanza in blind running continuously across both covers and spine (the more erotic lines slightly larger), graphite top edge, others uncut, signed "JFM '95" at foot rear turn-in, board slip-case, [Chanticleer 37], 8vo (235 x 155mm.), Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.
⁂ The first book illustrated for the press by Eric Gill.
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