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Ecclesiastes, Or the Preacher
by GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS; HUGHES-STANTON, Blair
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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About This Item
Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Good+. FIRST, LIMITED EDITION, no. 66 of 247 (250 in total). Folio, pp. 21, [3], incl. 13 wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton; printed in orange and black. Original quarter vellum, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, orange cloth boards. Gilt top edge, others untrimmed. Some soiling and scuffing, joint- and edgewear, corners bumped and worn. Bands of darkening to leading edges, very occasional fox spots, threads loose at front hinge, rear fep separated, else, clean; Hughes-Stanton's spectacular engravings remain vivid. A robust copy of the Golden Cockerel Press' hundreth book, featuring Eric Gill's Golden Cockerel font and illustrated throughout with Hughes-Stanton's sumptuous and skilful engravings. Good+ "The work of the engravers of Golden Cockerel books gives the Press its greatest distinction and made a whole period of woodcut revival [...] These books were a happy house for talent of the time, with work from David Jones, Dorothea Braby, Eric Gill, Gwenda Morgan, Eric Ravilious, John Buckland-Wright and Blair Hughes-Stanton" (Franklin, 1969). Colin Franklin (1969) The Private Presses
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2684
- Title
- Ecclesiastes, Or the Preacher
- Author
- GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS; HUGHES-STANTON, Blair
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- Waltham St. Lawrence
- Date Published
- 1934
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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