Rummy : that noble game expounded in prose, poetry, diagram and engraving / by A.E. Coppard and Robert Gibbings ; with an account of certain diversions into the mountain fastnesses of Cork and Kerry.
Edition:
First edition
Published / Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : Printed and published at The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932.
Physical Description:
[4], 49, [7] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1295.R8 C67 1932Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Blank pages for "Notes for further rules" pages [4]-[5] at end."This book was printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings, assisted by George Churchill, at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, and completed on the 25th day of October, 1932. Compositors: F. Young and A.H Gibbs. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. This first edition consists of 250 numbered copies on hand made paper signed by the author and artist and 1,000 unsigned copies on machine made paper. God save Ireland!"--Colophon.Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 86BEIN Iq C793 932R Copy 1: Author's autographed copy. Illustrator's autographed copy. No. 3 of the 250 signed copies. Untrimmed.BEIN Iq C793 932R Copy 2: One of the 1,000 unsigned copies.BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 129 of a limited edition of 250 copies. Signed by the artist and author. Bound in green quarter morocco and patterned orange cloth.
Subject Terms:
Rummy (Game) | Ireland -- Description and travel. | Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens. | Coppard, Alfred Edgar, 1878–1957 -- Autograph. | Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958 -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence. | Wood engravings -- 1932.