Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
Title:
Jurgen : a comedy of justice / by James Branch Cabell ; with wood engravings by John Buckland Wright.
Published / Created:
London : Printed in England at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1949.
Physical Description:
349, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PS3505.A34 J87 1949
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This edition of Jurgen with sixteen engravings by John Buckland-Wright has been produced in 1949 by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London. It is limited to 500 numbered copies, of which nos. 1-100 are specially bound and contain one extra engraving."--Colophon.

BEIN 2014 +61: No. 185. Binder's stamp: Bound by S. & S., London. Bookseller's label: Philip C. Duschnes ... New York.

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 45 of 500. One of 100 containg an extra engraving and specially bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in gilt-stamped red and purple morocco.
Subject Terms:
Middle Ages -- Fiction. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. | Buckland Wright, John -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Fiction. | Wood engravings -- 1949. | Fiction. | Booksellers' labels (Provenance) -- Philip C. Duschnes.
Contributors:
Buckland Wright, John, 1897–1954, engraver. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Sandford, Christopher, printer. | Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binder.