MASQUES AND POEMS by Peter Quennell - 1922

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Waltham, UK: Golden Cockerel, 1922. Book. Fair. Paperback. Cheaper Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Waltham, UK, Golden Cockerel, 1922. 8vo. Teal paper with black lettering, rag paper text block, illustrated throughout, 53 pp. Cover unattached from book, but present, with right-hand front corner missing, dog-eared and chipping, most of the pages in the text block are uncut, so the book appears to be unread. Text block is clean. Overall fair condition. Protected by a mylar sleeve..

Berkshire, UK: Golden Cockerel Press, (1922). Cheaper Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 53p quarto, Front wrapper chipped at the lower corner otherwise a very good copy in blue green wraps.

Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. Paperback, with original wraps. 22.5 x 17.5cm. 53pp. Illustrated throughout. Cheaper edition 1922. Tape repairs to spine and 2 leaves of prelims. Edges of covers chipped with small losses. Some pages partially unopened.. Paperback. Good.

Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Small quarto>. By author. Some light staining to boards. Preliminaries foxed.Internally fresh and clean. One of 375 copies for sale in the UK. This copy marked "Not for Sale

Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. Hsrdback, buckram spine and paper covered boards. 22 x 17.5cm. 53pp, [2]. Number 323 of an edition of 500 copies. Edges of boards stained, end-papers typically discoloured. Previous owner's details an annotation and an extract from a catalogue pasted onto the front end-papers. Final leaf unopened at top-edge. Contents generally clean, light wear only. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

1922. QUENNELL, Peter. Masques & Poems. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label. Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berks: The Golden Cockerel Press, [1922]. 4to. First edition. One of 175 numbered copies for sale in America. The author's first book, published when he was 17. Small bookplate, else fine.

Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. Pp. 54(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), one full page illustration, pictorial head and tailpieces; f'cap. 4to; qr. natural linen, with printed paper title label on spine, pale blue/grey papered boards, with several damp stains; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, a couple of spots of foxing and occasional faint soiling; Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, 1922. One of 375 numbered copies thus bound (total edition 550). Chanticleer 9. *Written and decorated by Peter Quennell, this was the first illustrated book issued by the Golden Cockerel Press.

The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 550 numbered copies (375 for the UK and 175 for the US). This example un-numbered, marked 'Not for sale' and signed by the author on the colophon (the signature is not called for). Tall 8vo. 53pp. Paper-covered linen with a slightly toned paper spine label. A little discolouration to the board margins, some browning to the free endpapers, and some spotting to a few preliminary and concluding leaves. A very good copy. No dust wrapper. The author's first book, comprising two short masques and seventeen poems, plus five decorations by the author. The ninth book published by The Golden Cockerel Press. Uncommon with Quennell's signature..