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London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Hardcover. 62p., frontis, four illustrations, bookplate removal residue on front pastedown endpaper, good first unlimited edition in yellow cloth boards with gilt spine titles and top edge gilt. Romantic erotic fantasy based upon the legend of Persephone. Gorgeous erotic wood-engraved images.

London; Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, 1937 .. Scarce early printing in the original green card covers, browned at the margins. Front cover with black printed title and woodcut. pp.62/[1p.] . Printed title to spine, very rubbed with small loss to top & tail. Rear cover with adverts for "Some Summer Books" and "Some Autumn Books". Colophon to last leaf: "Mr. Chambers and Persephone has been printed by Christopher & Anthony Sandford and Owen Rutter at Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the 10th day of September, 1937. Unlimited Edition." Internally clean with 5 woodcuts by Dorothea Braby. Just a couple of small blemishes to frontis. G+ * Referenced by: Cock-a-hoop P125

London: Golden Cockrell Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". Dorothea Braby. A smart first edition of this charming tale from Whitfield, with wood-engravings throughout. First edition. In the scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with frontispiece and four full-page wood-engravings. Collated complete. A charming and passionate story following a young Mr. Chambers and his relationship with the mysterious and beautiful Persephone. Written by Christopher Whitfield, a British author. Illustrated by Dorothea Braby, a British artist known for her book illustrations. In the original yellow cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and sunning to the spine and board edges. The odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light scattered spotting to the first and last… Read More

Golden Cockerel, 1937. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. #33/150cc, signed by the author. Leather spine sunned.