Estimate: | £200 - £300 |
Hammer price: | £280 |
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - H. E. BATES (1905-74). Flowers and Faces. [No Place:] Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. 4to (253 x 185mm). Wood-engraved title and 4 wood-engraved plates by John Nash, printed in Golden Cockerel type (one light spot on limitation leaf). Original green morocco-backed marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: “Mrs Hubert Worthington. Every kindly thought Calls for a pretty thank-you And so the Golden Cockerel sends you its bouquet of flowers, Easter 1936” (inscribed publisher’s compliment slip tipped-in at the front). NUMBER 19 [or possibly 79] OF 325 COPIES ON BATCHELOR HAND-MADE PAPER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Chanticleer 106.