Pertelote: A Sequel to Chanticleer -- Being a Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press October 1936-1943 April
by Christopher Sandford & Owen Rutter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. 1/4 leather. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1943 signed/limited. #42 OF 200 "NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE PARTNERS, PRINTED ON ARNOLD'S MOULD-MADE PAPER IN 13 POINT PERPETUA ROMAN AND FELICITY ITALIC TYPES, AND 1/4 BOUND IN RED NIGER". Signed by both Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the limitation. Tight, solid and Near Fine in its decorative light-blue and red boards. Thin quarto, top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom edges. "Foreword & Notes by the Partners, Illustrations from the Books". Lovely woodcuts thruout by credited artists in the Golden Cockerel stable of first-rate illustrators.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17019
- Title
- Pertelote: A Sequel to Chanticleer -- Being a Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press October 1936-1943 April
- Author
- Christopher Sandford & Owen Rutter
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- rare books on books, rare bibiographies, rare fine press, rare Golden Cockerel Press
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- Books on Books;
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Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Fine
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