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ROBERT GIBBINGS LIST Collinge & Clark 13 Leigh Street London WC1H 9EW 0044 (0) 20 7387 7105 http://www.collingeandclark.co.uk [email protected] Books are listed in approximate order of publication 1.Songs & Poems by Henry Carey, with decorations by Robert Gibbings. Crown 4to, 26cm, pp.64[2] + colophon, Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1924. Handset in Caslon, printed in red and black on unbleached Arnold paper. One of 350 (380) standard copies, quarter-bound in parchment, with light blue boards, lettered in gold up the spine. Illustrated with 24 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. The music was drawn by Gladys Evans and engraved by W.M.R. Quick. A very good to fine copy. £100 (Chanticleer 20, Kirkus 24) 2. Pierre de Bourdeille. The Lives of Gallant Ladies. Translated out of the French by H.M. [Henry Macnamara]. Two vols., crown 4to, pp.261[7] & pp.251[7], Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1924. One of 625 (718) sets printed in Caslon on rag paper with initial letters in green. Illustrated with 10 woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. Pale green paper-covered sides, black line spines with pink printed labels (chipped), edges uncut. Spines worn, some foxing to endpapers, lacking the tipped-in signed limitation statement. A fair set, suitable for rebinding. £65 The first work published by the Golden Cockerel Press after Robert Gibbings took it over. (Chanticleer 18, Kirkus 23) 3. Red Wise, by E.Powys Mathers. First edition, 8vo, 22cm, pp.[viii],98[2], colophon, The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St Lawrence, 1926. Number 246 of 500 copies set in Caslon and printed in red and black on handmade paper. Illustrated with 8 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Quarter white buckram with gilt spine titling, red paper-covered boards, patterned endpapers printed in green and gold. Printed paper dust-jacket with a repeat engraving on the front panel, slightly soiled at the spine. A very good copy. £185 (Chanticleer 34, Kirkus 28) 4. Pelagea and other poems, by A.E. Coppard. 8vo, 23cm, 44pp. + colophon, Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint. Lawrence, 1926. Number 331 of 425 copies set in Caslon and printed in black and red on English hand-made paper. Decorated with 6 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Quarter cream buckram with gilt spine titling, batik paper sides puce and yellow, edges untrimmed. A fine copy, but lacking the printed dust-jacket. £90 (Chanticleer 43, Kirkus 30) 5. The True Historie of Lucian the Samosatenian. Translated from the Greeke into English by Francis Hickes [1634]. With an introduction by J.S.Phillimore. Together with the Greeke. Folio, 32cm, pp.[iv], 44 + colophon, Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St Lawrence, 1927. Number 101 of 275 copies printed on Batchelor handmade paper with the Greek text arranged as a border. Illustrated with 55 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Quarter reddish-brown morocco with 5 raised bands and gilt spine titling, grey linen sides, t.e.g., others uncut. A fine copy. £1,500 A superbly conceived book. (Chanticleer 53, Kirkus 32) 6. A Mirror for Witches, by Esther Forbes, in which is reflected the Life, Machinations & Death of Famous Doll Bilby who with more than feminine perversity preferred a Demon to a Mortal lover. Here is also told How and Why a Righteous and Most Awful Judgment befel her, destroying both Corporeal Body & immortal Soul. Embellished with Twelve wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Square 8vo, 19.5cm, pp.ix[1], 228, 9 plates, William Heinemann, London, 1928. Printed on antique wove paper with the title-page in red and black. 12 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Bound in black cloth, blocked in gold on the front with a cut representing fire, titled in gilt across the spine. Cream paper dust-jacket printed in Koch Neuland with a repeat engraving. Dust-jacket slightly dusty. A very good copy indeed. £70 (Kirkus 35) 7. Count Stefan, by A.E. Coppard. First edition, 8vo, 22cm, [viii],57[1]pp., colophon, Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928. Number 575 of 600 copies handset in Caslon and printed on English handmade paper. Wood- engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 smaller engravings by Robert Gibbings. Quarter mustard buckram with gilt spine lettering, marbled paper-covered boards, blue, buff and green. Red pictorial dust-jacket a trifle faded at the spine. A near fine copy. £120 (Chanticleer 57, Kirkus 33) 8. Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agnes & Other Poems by John Keats. With Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Folio, 31cm, pp.[viii] 100 [8], Printed and Illustrated by Robert Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928. Set in Caslon Old Face. Number 75 of 485 (500) copies printed in red and black on Batchelor hand-made paper with a special Cockerel watermark. 19 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings, including the 5 decorated initial letters which appear on pp.1,3,8,22 and 69. The remaining initial letters, the word LAMIA (in red) on the title-page and IT (in red) on p.18 were engraved by Eric Gill; the cockerel below the colophon is by David Jones. Quarter-bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in sharkskin, boards covered with grey buckram, lettered in gold across the spine, gold top, other edges uncut. A fine copy. £1,350 (Chanticleer 62, Kirkus 37) 9. A Circle of the Seasons: A Translation of the Ritu-Samhara of Kalidasa made from various European sources by E. Powys Mathers. With Engravings by Robert Gibbings. 4to, 24cm, pp.[viii], 20 [10]; 3 plates. Printed by Robert Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, December 1928 (1929). Set in Caslon Old Face Italic. Number 375 of 500 copies printed on Batchelor hand-made paper. Four copper engravings by Robert Gibbings. Full bound in buckram (spine a bit darkened) with gilt spine titling and gold top. Tissue-guarded. A very good copy indeed. £120 (Chanticleer 64, Kirkus 37) 10. The 7th Man: A True Cannibal Tale of the South Seas told in fifteen wood engravings and precisely one hundred and eighty nine words, by Robert Gibbings. Crown 8vo, 19cm, pp.[viii], 14 [10], Printed and published by the author at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1930. Set in Caslon Old Face. Number 283 of 500 copies on Dutch hand-made paper. Illustrated with 17 wood engravings (including the running cockerel below the colophon) by Robert Gibbings. Quarter-bound in yellow buckram, boards covered in red and cream paper patterned with palm and skulls, spine lettered upwards in gold, top and fore-edge gilt. Light toning to endpapers. A near fine copy. £185 (Chanticleer 72, Kirkus 16) 11. The Man from Kilsheelan: A Tale, by A.E. Coppard. With a woodcut by Robert Gibbings and a Foreword by the Author. First edition, 8vo, 25cm, pp.38 [2], one plate, William Jackson Books Ltd, Chancery Lane, London, 1930. Number 428 of 550 copies printed by the Chiswick Press on fine wove paper and signed by the author. Woodcut frontispiece. Blue buckram titled in gilt on the spine and upper board, gilt top. A fine copy. £40 No.3 of the Furnival Books. (Kirkus 38) 12. The Hundredth Story, by A.E. Coppard. With Engravings by Robert Gibbings. First edition, royal 8vo, 24cm, pp.[viii] 57 [7], Printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St Lawrence, 1930 (1931). Set in 'Golden Cockerel' face type. Number 611 of 1000 copies on Batchelor hand-made paper. Illustrated with 5 wood-engravings (including the running cock). Quarter-bound in emerald morocco, spine gilt and top edge gilt, special paper-covered sides by Tirzah Garwood. A near fine copy though lacking the loose Notice to Subscribers. £160 (Chanticleer 74, Kirkus 39) The first book in the very successful 'Guinea Series' of illustrated modern authors. This copy is of particular interest insofar as it bears the bookplate of the Golden Cockerel Press and is inscribed and dated by Robert Gibbings. 13. Salambo, by Gustave Flaubert. Translated by E.Powys Mathers. Decorated with Engravings on Wood by Robert Gibbings. Crown 4to, 25cm, pp.[iv],318 + colophon, Printed and made in Great Britain by the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1931. Set in 14pt Golden Cockerel type. Number 41 of 500 copies printed in red and black on Dutch hand-made paper. Illustrated with 18 wood-engravings and a decorated title-page. Quarter bound in dull blue canvas, the boards covered with dun-coloured paper patterned in black; leather label on spine titled in gilt, gilt top, other edges uncut. Slight darkening to endpapers. A near fine copy. £200 (Chanticleer 77, Kirkus 40) 14. Initiation. Translations from Poems of the Didinga & Lango Tribes, by J.H. Driberg. Decorations by Robert Gibbings. Chequebook 8vo, 23cm, pp.[viii], 29 [3], Printed and Made in Great Britain by The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1932. Text set in Gill Sans Serif and printed on hand-made paper. Number 210 of 325 copies signed by the author. 11 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings each printed in a coloured ink. Bound in maize buckram (spine somewhat darkened), titled in gilt up the spine, decorated in gilt on the upper board, top and fore-edge gilt. A very good copy indeed. £130 (Chanticleer 79, Kirkus 41) 15. Fourteen Wood Engravings from Drawings made on Orient Line Cruises. Folio, 33cm, [32]pp., illustrations on rectos only. Printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, [Waltham St. Lawrence], 1932. Printed on Batchelor handmade paper. Illustrated with 14 full-page and 2 smaller wood engravings by Robert Gibbings, done on the rectos only. Sewn into yellow handmade paper wrappers, titled in black.