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Hero & Leander

MUSAEUS [Grammaticus]. LUCAS FL [Frank Laurence)] 1894-1967 - translator

  • Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press Christopher Sandford
  • Published: 1949
  • Condition: Near Fine
Golden Cockerel Press Christopher Sandford, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BUCKLAND WRIGHT John 1897-1954. The DeLuxe Issue, one of 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES WITH AN ADDITIONAL ENGRAVING, signed by both the Translator & Artist, from an edition limited to 500, in the original pictorial vellum, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with figures of Hero & Leander by Buckland Wright in gilt on upper & lower covers respectively, light spotting to spine. Internally, engraved frontis, title within illustration, [6], 7-47 pp, [1], 12 line engravings in copper by Buckland Wright (9 full page, 1 on title, 1 header & 1 footer) + 1 on each board, odd spot or small stain, t.e.g., remainder uncut, binders gilt stamp & tooling to turn ins. Housed in the publishers red cloth, bevelled edge, slip case. (228&145 mm). (Cock-a-Hoop 183; Reid A54a; Franklin p332). ** "John used to laugh at the thought of what the worthy Dr Arnold would have said about this love-book translated & illustrated respectively by two old Rugby boys. A neo-puritan reviewing for a literary weekly advised its readers not to suppose for one moment that the engravings had any value as art. Some literary pundits are rather jaundiced in their appreciation of graphic artists' work, philistine in their judgements of it, & terrified by nudity in any form." (Christopher Sandford in Cock-a-Hoop)

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