Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878-1957
Title:
Crotty Shinkwin : a tale of the strange adventure that befell a butcher of County Clare : The beauty spot : a tale concerning the Chilterns / both tales by A.E. Coppard ; engravings by Robert Gibbings.
Alternate Title(s):
Beauty spot : a tale concerning the Chilterns
Published / Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England : Printed & made ... by the Golden Cockerel Press, 1932.
Physical Description:
[6], 67, [3] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR6005.O77 C76 1932
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title across facing pages.

"This book was printed and published at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, by Robert and Moira Gibbings, assisted by George Churchill, and completed on the 26th day of July, 1932. Compositors: A.H. Gibbs and F. Young. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. The edition is limited to 500 copies."--Colophon.

Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 84

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 444 of 500. Bound in blue quarter morocco with blue and green patterned cloth.

BEIN Iq C793 932Crb: No. 1. Only one printed on vellum specially for the author. No. 1.

BEIN Iq C793 932Cr: No. 84.

BEIN 1974 2037: No. 59. Bookplate of Linda Lee Porter.
Subject Terms:
English literature -- 20th century. | Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens. | Porter, Linda Lee Thomas, d. 1954 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence. | Wood engravings -- 1932.
Contributors:
Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, printer, engraver. | Gibbings, Moira, printer. | Churchill, George, printer. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.