Oct 11, 2012 - Sale 2289

Sale 2289 - Lot 145

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
INCLUDES PROCREANT HYMN (GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.) Group of 8 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo and 4to, original bindings. Condition varies but quite good overall. Norman J. Sondheim booklates on endpapers. London, vd

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De Bourdeille, Pierre, Seigneur & Abbot of Brantome. The Lives of Gallant Ladies. Woodcut plates by Robert Gibbings. 2 volumes. One of 625 sets printed for subscribers. Boards worn; contains certification slip signed by Robert Gibbings; additional bookplates by Albert Parsons Sachs. 1924 Swift. Selected Essays. Vol. 1. Wood engravings by Jon Farleigh. 310/450 copies (fewer than 200 were actually printed as a storm destroyed the remaining copies of this volume and Volume 2 was never published)--Chanticleer 27. 1925 Mathers. Procreant Hymn. Illustrated by Eric Gill (his first illustrated book for the press). Lacks dust jacket, lightly soiled. 22/175 copies. (1926) Breton. The Twelve Moneths. Wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. Dust jacket. 4/250 copies. 1927 Suckling. A Ballad Upon a Wedding. Wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. 215/375 copies. 1927 Strong. The Hansom Cab and the Pigeons. Illustrated by 36/212 copies signed by Strong. 1935 DeChair; translator. The First Crusade. Wood engravings by Clifford Webb. 353/500 copies. 1945 Barclay. Euphormio's Satyricon. 10 wood engravings in red and black by Paul Turner. 228/260 copies. 1954.