Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) Troilus & Criseyde, 8 specimen leaves on vellum (pp.5/6, 11/12, 131/132, 141/142, 147/148, 157/158, 197/198 & 203/204), 2 initials in blue and 3 in red, wood-engraved borders by Eric Gill Merle Armitage's copy with specially-printed title for him and his bookplate by Rockwell Kent with bifolium on vellum of pp.85/86 & 91/92 from Golden Cockerel Press 'Lamia' loosely inserted, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, slight wear to corners, [Chanticleer 50 & 62], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. ⁂ The Golden Cockerel Troilus & Criseyde was issued in 1927, with 6 copies on vellum and 225 on paper; Lamia was issued the following year (15 on vellum, 485 on paper). Merle Armitage (1893-1975), American book- and graphic designer.
Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) Troilus & Criseyde, 8 specimen leaves on vellum (pp.5/6, 11/12, 131/132, 141/142, 147/148, 157/158, 197/198 & 203/204), 2 initials in blue and 3 in red, wood-engraved borders by Eric Gill Merle Armitage's copy with specially-printed title for him and his bookplate by Rockwell Kent with bifolium on vellum of pp.85/86 & 91/92 from Golden Cockerel Press 'Lamia' loosely inserted, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, slight wear to corners, [Chanticleer 50 & 62], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. ⁂ The Golden Cockerel Troilus & Criseyde was issued in 1927, with 6 copies on vellum and 225 on paper; Lamia was issued the following year (15 on vellum, 485 on paper). Merle Armitage (1893-1975), American book- and graphic designer.
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