Author: Peter Holliday
Title: The Golden Cockerel Press, the Canterbury Tales, and Eric Gill
Description: London, The Folio Society, 2010. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Peter Holliday's essay on the Golden Cockerel Press' striking edition of 'The Canterbury Tales&apos. The first edition, this essay was originally published alongside the Folio Society's limited edition of 'The Canterbury Tales', which was limited to 1,980 copies.An interesting essay on the history of Golden Cockerel Press' important four volume edition of 'The Canterbury Tales', published from 1929 to 1931. This essay explores the publication and production, and the striking illustrations supplied by Eric Gill.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and illustrations throughout.Written by Peter Holliday. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart. A couple of light marks to the boards, a little heavier to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .

Keywords: The Golden Cockerel Press, The Canterbury Tales, and Eric Gill peter holliday canterbury tales eric gill peter holliday Various


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