Lot 232
Golden Cockerel Press.- Song of Songs (The), one of 65 specially bound copies with an additional suite of plates (this copy with two), 1936
Hammer Price: £3,200
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Song of Songs (The), translated and edited by W.O.E.Oesterley, number 54 of 65 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of 6 plates, from an edition limited to 204, printed in red and black, copper-engraved plates by Lettice Sandford, original half green morocco over pictorial cloth, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, this copy with 2 additional suites of plates, all signed in pencil, all together with prospectus in modern cloth drop-back box (a little marked), [Chanticleer 110], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.
⁂ An attractive work, handsomely designed and featuring tender illustrations by Lettice Sandford who was married to the owner of the press. As he, Christopher Sandford, notes in Chanticleer, "possibly, the best typography which we have so far achieved".
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Song of Songs (The), translated and edited by W.O.E.Oesterley, number 54 of 65 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of 6 plates, from an edition limited to 204, printed in red and black, copper-engraved plates by Lettice Sandford, original half green morocco over pictorial cloth, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, this copy with 2 additional suites of plates, all signed in pencil, all together with prospectus in modern cloth drop-back box (a little marked), [Chanticleer 110], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.
⁂ An attractive work, handsomely designed and featuring tender illustrations by Lettice Sandford who was married to the owner of the press. As he, Christopher Sandford, notes in Chanticleer, "possibly, the best typography which we have so far achieved".