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Lot 68
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,375
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Lot Description
[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. [KEATS, John (1795-1821)]. Endymion. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.
4to. 58 Wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland-Wright. Original quarter vellum over brown cloth, figure of Cynthia in gilt on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Provenance: Morris J. Cohen (bookplate).
LIMITED EDITION, number 356 of 500 copies. Described by Cave and Manson in their History of the Golden Cockerel Press 1920-1960 as “the most important Cockerel of its time, and Buckland-Wright’s greatest book.”
Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher