Hero and Leander (Golden Cockerel Press Limited Edition)
MUSAEUS (trans. F. L. Lucas; illus. John Buckland-Wright). Hero and Leander. London: Designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford for the Golden Cockerel Press, 1949.
Slim 8vo. Half red and yellow buckram, boards blocked with gilt nude figures. Spine with raised bands, titled in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 48 pp. Engraved frontispiece, pictorial title, and eleven copper engravings by John Buckland-Wright throughout, most full-page. Set in Perpetua Italic; printed on mould-made paper. Limited edition. One of 400 standard copies from a total edition of 500, this being number 140.
Very good. Spine a little shelf-faded, some browning to edges and gutters of text block. Generally presents very nicely; contents clean and bright.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
Catalogue Number: HH000670
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MUSAEUS (trans. F. L. Lucas; illus. John Buckland-Wright). Hero and Leander. London: Designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford for the Golden Cockerel Press, 1949.
Slim 8vo. Half red and yellow buckram, boards blocked with gilt nude figures. Spine with raised bands, titled in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 48 pp. Engraved frontispiece, pictorial title, and eleven copper engravings by John Buckland-Wright throughout, most full-page. Set in Perpetua Italic; printed on mould-made paper. Limited edition. One of 400 standard copies from a total edition of 500, this being number 140.
Very good. Spine a little shelf-faded, some browning to edges and gutters of text block. Generally presents very nicely; contents clean and bright.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
Catalogue Number: HH000670
