Lot 165
Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., one of 485 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1929
Hammer Price: £3,500
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., number 362 of 485 copies on handmade paper, wood-engraved decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, initials printed in red, blue and black, book-label of Samuel R. & Marie-Louise Rosenthal, original russet morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spines rather stained, very slight wear to corners, [Chanticleer 63], small folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31.
⁂ One of the masterworks of Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel Press.
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., number 362 of 485 copies on handmade paper, wood-engraved decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, initials printed in red, blue and black, book-label of Samuel R. & Marie-Louise Rosenthal, original russet morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spines rather stained, very slight wear to corners, [Chanticleer 63], small folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31.
⁂ One of the masterworks of Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel Press.
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