1962 Robert Gibbings: A Bibliography. With a Chronological Checklist and Notes on the Golden Cockerel Press.

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First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, With Dustwrapper

A first edition copy, limited to 975 copies, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. One of the leaders of the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s, Robert Gibbings was director of the Golden Cockerel Press for nine years. The first part of the volume is a descriptive bibliography of the 67 books illustrated by Gibbings; and the second lists his work as artist, writer, printer and publisher in chronological order, and also records some publications containing references to his work. There is a note on the printing methods of the Golden Cockerel Press, contributed by A. C. Cooper who was pressman throughout the period of Gibbings' direction.