Lot n° 570

Private press - SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles - Laus veneris. Engravings by John Buckland-Wright. London, The Golden Cockerell Press, 1948

Estimation : 150 / 250
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
8vo, half cloth, flat ink titled spine (faded), marbled paper on covers. Nice copy. Edition limited to 750 copies. One of the 650 with 11 woodcut illustrations (n. 424). The Golden Cockerel Press was a major English private press active between 1920 & 1961. A major feature of Golden Cockerel books was the original illustrations, usually wood engravings.
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