(GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS) [Sandford Christopher] Hearts Desire

Sale 2289 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 3,840

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

SCARCE WORK (GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.) [Sandford, Christopher]. Heart's Desire. Inscribed by Me: Chrysilla von Dansdorf. 41, [2], pages. 7 erotic copper engravings and title illustration by John Buckland Wright. 4to, 1/4 gilt-lettered vellum over sky blue cloth, only mild natural discoloration to vellum, otherwise near fine. Paris: Privately printed, [1939]

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number 69 of only 70 copies of this rare sapphic tale. It is believed to have been printed by the Golden Cockerel Press and the authorship has been attributed to Christopher Sandford. Reid A30. The original sales quote card for this book by G. F. Sims in England is laid in. It states "It is a rare book but I bought a handful of copies from the author (C. Sandford of the G. C. P.): it has been little circulated. 29 June 62." OCLC lists only three copies, with no mention of seven lettered copies specially bound with an extra suite that appeared at auction in 2010.