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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1938; and 8 others GG press, illus. including Gill, Buckland Wright, etc. (9) image 1
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1938; and 8 others GG press, illus. including Gill, Buckland Wright, etc. (9) image 2
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1938; and 8 others GG press (9)

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

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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS

The Golden Cockerel Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, limited to 300 copies, 8 engraved plates by John Buckland-Wright, slipcase, 1938--POWYS (LLEWELYN) Glory of Life, limited to 277 copies, title in red and black, wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, binding soiled, single white paint spot on spine, 1934, publisher's vellum-backed cloth--MORE (THOMAS) [Utopia]. A Fruteful, Pleasaunt, and Wittie Work..., limited to 500 copies, printed in blue and black, decorations by Eric Gill, publisher's cloth gilt, spine faded, 1929--BATES (H.E.) The House with the Apricot, limited to 300 copies, signed by the author, illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker, 1933; A German Idyll, limited to 300 copies, signed by the author, illustrations by Lynton Lamb, [1932]--MILLER (PATRICK) Ana the Runner. A Treatise For Princes & Generals, Attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul, limited to 150 copies, signed by the author, illustrations by Clifford Webb, 1937--The Birth of Christ, limited to 370 copies, printed in red and black, illustrations by Noel Rooke, [1925], publisher's morocco-backed boards--MATHERS (POWYS) Love Night, limited to 200 copies, illustrations by John Buckland Wright, publisher's quarter green vellum, 1936--AESOP. Fables, limited to 350 copies, illustrations by Ceclia M. Fiennes, publisher's quarter cloth, dust-jacket (2 tears), 1926, most with bookplate of James Harold Leighton, and institutional label on front paste-down or front free endpaper, 8vo and small 4to (9)

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