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Waltham St Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press,, 1931. One of the great private press books of the century Limited edition, number 412 of 500 copies on paper (12 copies were also issued on vellum), of one of the great private press books of the century, and perhaps Gill's greatest achievement. "Conceived in the fruitful mind of Robert Gibbings, this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves Bible and the Kelmscott Chaucer. A flower among the best products of English romantic genius, it is also surely, thanks to its illustrator, Eric Gill, the book among all books in which Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration" (Gill). Folio. Original white half pigskin by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt lettered and banded spine, gilt cockerel device in 5th compartment, brown buckram sides, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Printed in 18-point Golden Cockerel type, 65 wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, 4 of which are full-page. An excellent and attractive copy which has… Read More

Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Illustrated with 65 wood engravings and initial letters by Eric Gill. Printed in Gill's Golden Cockerel type face. One of 482 copies on paper of a total edition of 500 (this no.405). Folio, original half white pigskin by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, maize buckram sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. The cloth sides have some spotting but are unusually clean and bright and all the pages and endpapers are crisp and fresh. Housed in the original card slipcase which has some browning and repair.||Lavishly illustrated throughout by Eric Gill and using his perfect typography, the Golden Cockerel Press Four Gospels is one of the triumphs of twentieth century book production and one of the greatest of Britain’s private press productions, alongside the Doves Bible, the Kelmscott Chaucer and the Ashendene Dante.|Chanticleer: Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel, 78 “A flower among the best products of English romantic genius” - a good, bright copy

[Waltham St. Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Number 473 of 488 numbered copies printed on Batchelor handmade paper, from a total edition of five hundred copies. 64 wood-engraved illustrations and initials printed from the blocks by Eic Gill. 1 vols. Small folio. Three quarter white pigskin and tan polished buckram, raised bands, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Some light soiling and faintest traces of rubbing to spine. Fine copy. Gill, Eric. Number 473 of 488 numbered copies printed on Batchelor handmade paper, from a total edition of five hundred copies. 64 wood-engraved illustrations and initials printed from the blocks by Eic Gill. 1 vols. Small folio. Gill's Masterpiece. One of Eric Gill's masterpieces as an illustrator. "Conceived in the fruitful mind of Robert Gibbings, this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves BIBLE and the Kelmscott CHAUCER. A flower among the best products of English romantic genius, it is also surely, thanks to its illustrator ... the… Read More

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. With decorations by Eric Gill. Pp. [ii]+270(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 645 wood-engraved illustrations and decorative initials (4 full page), large cockerel device on title page; f'cap. folio; half white pigskin, spine lettered and ruled in gilt with 5 raised bands, maize buckram boards, lightly foxed (as often), bottom fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised, very slight signs of professional cleaning to spine; t.e.g., others uncut; within the original card slipcase, which is lightly soiled and worn, the edges splitting, with signs of early repairs; binder's stamp at foot of upper pastedown and bookseller's sticker on lower pastedown, a couple of tiny spots to endpapers; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1945. One of 488 numbered copies thus bound, printed on Batchelor hand-made paper (total edition 500). Chanticleer 78; Gill 285. *The first book printed from the 18-point size of the Golden Cockerel type designed by Eric Gill; regarded as one… Read More

Wellingborough: The September Press, 1988. One of 80 copies in full leather from a full edition of 600 numbered copies. Facsimile reproduction of the 1931 Golden Cockerel edition. With decorations by Eric Gill. With a note on the reproduction by Christopher Skelton. Published by Christopher Skelton. 1 vols. Folio. Full brown morocco in black cloth slipcase. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Fine. One of 80 copies in full leather from a full edition of 600 numbered copies. Facsimile reproduction of the 1931 Golden Cockerel edition. With decorations by Eric Gill. With a note on the reproduction by Christopher Skelton. Published by Christopher Skelton. 1 vols. Folio. Specially bound by Zaehnsdorf.

Wellingborough; Christopher Skelton/ September Press, 1988., 1988. Hard Cover. Facsimile reprint of the 1931 Golden Cockerel Press original with decorations by Eric Gill, one of the 480 un-numbered copies bound by The Fine Bindery Limited in an edition of 600 copies only. Folio, pp. 268, [4], xiv, [2] essays. Publisher's black buckram with gilt titles to square morocco label to spine; top edge gilt; housed in oatmeal cloth covered slipcase. A Fine copy in like slipcase. Widely regarded as a pinnacle of the art of the book. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Limited Facsimile Edition. Leather. Fine. 269p; 27p. An oversize hardcover book bound in full black leather with gilt decorations, gilt foredges, and a satin ribbon bookmark. Comes in its original black cloth box along with a companion essay bound in 1/4 black cloth. Fine condition; the foredges are shiny and smooth (only a few very small and faint rub marks), and the designs on the cover remain vivid. The interior is clean and crisp, and the binding is tight. The companion essay, ERIC GILL AND THE GOLDEN COCKEREL TYPE by John Dreyfus with a reminiscence by Robert Gibbings, is also in fine condition, as new. The box is sturdy and clean. A facsimile of the King James Version of the Gospels illustrated with engravings by Eric Gill, originally published in 1931. Limited edition; #2,018 of 2,750 copies. Measures approx. 14.4" x 10.3" inside the box.

London: Bain & Williams, 1991. One of 40 specials bound by Clare Skelton with an original print from the block on handmade Gampi paper printed by Graham Williams. Printed by Meriden-Stinehour press on Superfine Paper from the Mohawk Paper Mills. Text composed in Linotronic Galliard with title and chapter headings set in Golden Cockerel type by Rampant Lions Press. Folio, special binding by Clare Skelton of red morocco spine, boards covered in red, green and blue silk in a triangle design, gilt titling to spine housed in a brown cloth slipcase. An exceptional copy.||This handsome study considers in detail the process behind the design and printing of the great Golden Cockerel Press Four Gospels. Dreyfus writes about the collaboration between Gibbings and Gill as one of the greatest printings of the Gospels.An excellent book providing a handsome and fascinating companion to the great work itself with examples of pasteups, proofs and photographs of the process behind the book.| One of 40 specially… Read More

Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton at the September Press, 1988. First Thus. Fine. Limited to 600 copies, this being one of 480 unnumbered examples. Full black buckram by The Fine Bindery Limited. Spine with tan morocco label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Housed in the publisher's, felt-lined cream buckram slipcase. Folio (13 x 9 1/4 inches; 330 x 235 mm.) collating [1, blank], [1, imprint], 268, [1], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank],[xiv], [1, colophon], [1, limitation], with sixty-four wood-engraved initial letters and illustrations by Eric Gill (counting the initial "N" on p. 8 and the lettering which goes with it as one illustration, although they are actually from two separate blocks). Printed on St Cuthbert's Mould-made, 140g, half rag paper. In a six-page note at the end of the volume Christopher Skelton writes: "This book is a reproduction version of The Four Gospels published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1931. I call it a reproduction version rather than a facsimile because… Read More

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Folio. 268, [3] pp. Numerous illustrations (some full-page). Bound in full goatskin by G. Lachenmaier with Fabriano Tiziano endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine copy. Cloth clamshell box. Facsimile Edition printed by Memminger Medien Centrum on Favini feltmarked laid paper. Limited to 2750 numbered copies. This being #2025 Accompanying folio text in quarter cloth entitled: The Four Gospels Eric Gill And The Golden Cockerel Type [by John Dreyfus] Preceded By A Personal Reminiscence By Robert Gibbings Proprietor Of The Golden Cockerel Press 1924-1933. Folio. 27 pp. illustrations. 350 by 260mm (13¾ by 10¼ inches). Beautiful copy, without flaws.

Wellingborough: September Press, 1988. ONE OF 480 COPIES from an edition of 600, printed by offset lithography on St Cuthbert’s half-rag mould-made paper. Original black cloth boards, brown morocco label to spine, cream cloth slipcase. Spine very slightly sunned. The finest facsimile of Gill’s classic work, on mould-made rather than hand-made paper but losing little of the original’s brightness.

[London: Folio Society, 2007]. Facsimile Edition printed by Memminger MedienCentrum on Favini feltmarked laid paper, Limited to 2750 numbered copies (plus 25 hors commerce). folio. pp. 268, [3]. numerous illus. (some full-page). full goatskin by G.Lachenmaier with Fabriano Tiziano endleaves, all edges gilt. Fine copy. cloth clamshell box (2 small scuff marks on front of box). accompanying folio text in quarter cloth entitled: The Four Gospels Eric Gill And The Golden Cockerel Type [by John Dreyfus] Preceded By A Personal Reminiscence By Robert Gibbings Proprietor Of The Golden Cockerel Press 1924-1933. folio. pp. 27. illus

Folio Society,, 2007. Together 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous fine typographical illustrations throughout; full morocco, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt edges, Commentary volume bound in boards with paper label, buckram back, both near fine copies housed in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 2750 COPIES. Splendid facsimile of the original edition of 1931. Gill, 285 (recording the original edition).

London: Folio Society, 2007. Facsimile. Hardcover. fine. Quarto.13 1/2 x 9": Volume one is the essay by John Dreyfus and Robert Gibbings. Volume 2 is The Four Gospels. Bound in full black goatskin leather with pictorial gilt lettering and design by Lachenmaier with Fabriano Tiziano endleaves..Ribbon. AEG. This is copy number 764 of an edition of 2750 In folding box.. A beautiful set. Facsimile of the 1931 edition produced by Golden Cockerel Press.

Folio Society, London, limited edition, 2007. Limited edition of 2750 numbered copies. 2 volumes, facsimile bound in full morocco, blocked in 24-carat gold with a design featuring Eric Gill's four symbols for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, supported in a blind-blocked frame, all edges gilt; commentary volume quarter-bound in buckram and boards, 8vo,. facsimile: 268, [3] pp, ills; commentary : 27 pp, ills. A fine facsimile,in a newly-designed and elegant binding, of the Golden Cockerel Press' edition of the Four Gospels, generally regarded as the press' finest production and as one of the most successful private press books of the twentieth century. The separate Commentary volume includes (1) John Dreyfus' essay on ‘Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel Type' (extracted from his book, A Typographical Masterpiece: An account of Eric Gill's collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Four Gospels in 1931) and (2) Robert Gibbings'… Read More

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Eric Gill. Folio. First of this limited edition by The Folio Society. Limited to 2750 copies, this copy is number 1169. Reprint of the original Golden Cockerel edition of 1931. Bound in full Nigerian goatskin leather with designs and lettering stamped in gilt. All edges gilt, black satin ribbon marker. Includes the seperate prospectus folder with the sample page and advertising poster, and the additional book of essays by John Dreyfus and Robert Gibbings. Housed in a black cloth clamshell box. A fine copy.

London, Great Britain: The Folio Society, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2 Volume Set. Includes original Solander Box. Limited Edition of 2750 numbered copies. This is copy no.1466. Facsimile Edition of the Golden Cockerel Press edition published in 1931. Bound by G. Lachenmaier in full goatskin leather with Fabriano Tiziano endleaves. Also includes laid-in a sample page of the Engravings by Eric Gill, Folio Society newsletter. Minor shelfwear. Both volumes are tightly bound, no marks. Set is in Near Fine condition..

Christopher Skelton at The September Press, 1988. Hardback with slipcase, original cloth with leather label to spine. 268pp (3), xiv, (2). Wood-engraved initial letters and illustrations by Eric Gill. A high quality facsimile of the original 1931 Golden Cockerel edition. One of 480 un-numbered copies. Slipcase a little worn and grubby. Spine slightly faded. Very clean inside. . Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Folio Society, London, limited edition, 2007. Limited edition of 2750 numbered copies. Full morocco, blocked in 24-carat gold with a design featuring Eric Gill's four symbols for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, supported in a blind-blocked frame, all edges gilt; buckram and boards, 8vo,. 280 pp. A fine facsimile,in a newly-designed and elegant binding, of the Golden Cockerel Press' edition of the Four Gospels, generally regarded as the press' finest production and as one of the most successful private press books of the twentieth century. Without the commentary volume issued to accompany the facsimile. Copy Number 2333. A large and good-quality colour photograph of a miniature from an illuminated Gospel manuscript has been pasted to the front pastedown endpaper and the front free endpaper has two bookplates, otherwise Fine in the publisher's clamshell box.

The September Press, UK, 1987. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First thus. The Four Gospels, from an edition limited to 600 copies, wood-engraved illustrations, by Eric Gill, pictorial headlines and initials, black cloth with morocco label to spine, slipcase, a few spots to cloth spine of slipcase else a Fine and probably unread copy., Christopher Skelton at The September Press, Wellingborough, 1987;