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Lot 129

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
CHAIR (SOMERSET DE) The First Crusade, ONE OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, 1945; and 2 others

10 – 20 March 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS

CHAIR (SOMERSET DE) The First Crusade, ONE OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, from an overall edition of 500, signed by the author, original pictorial vellum gilt, 1945; The Story of a Lifetime, NUMBER 46 OF 100 COPIES, white sheepskin with gilt-stamped decoration on upper cover, spine toned, 1954--CAESAR (JULIUS) Commentaries. A Modern Rendering by Somerset De Chair, NUMBER 45 OF 70 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, signed by De Chair and the illustrator, publisher's pictorial maroon morocco gilt, 1951, all with woodcut illustrations by Clifford Webb, t.e.g., small folio, Waltham St Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press (3)

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