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Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Title(s):
The poems & sonnets of William Shakespeare / edited by Gwyn Jones.
Published/Created:
London : The Golden Cockerel Press, 1960.
Physical Description:
245, [1] pages ; 33 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR2841.A2 J66 1960+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Wood-engraved cockerel vignette on title page.
"Designed by Christopher Sandford for the Golden Cockerel Press, London, in Caslon's Old Face type on Golden Cockerel water-marked paper hand-made by Barcham Green. Composition and presswork at The Chiswick Press. The edition is limited to 470 numbered copies, of which nos.: 1-100 are specially bound."--Colophon.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 385 of 470. Bound in gilt-stamped red buckram.
Subject Terms:
English poetry.
Poetry.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Sonnets.
Sonnets.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Poems.
Contributors:
Chiswick Press, printer.
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
Jones, Gwyn, editor.
Sandford, Christopher, book designer.
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