Robert Herrick; William Russell Flint [illus.]

One Hundred and Eleven Poems [Limited Edition, Signed by Flint]

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. Very Good. Item #14426

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. First Edition, Limited to 105 copies bound in alum-tanned sheepskin of which this is no. 47. Quarto; publisher's full cream pictorial sheep, front cover embossed in gilt, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, binder's stamp "Bound by S&S, London" [Sangorski and Sutcliffe] on bottom turn-in of front board, top edge gilt, in original marbled cloth slipcase; 127pp.; color frontispiece, two-toned illus. throughout, many full-paged. Leather rather toned at extremities and spine as is often the case, brief soil to rear cover, light fraying to slipcase, else a Very Good example, internally clean and sound. Accompanied by an additional suite of eight plates of Flint's illustrations, loose as issued. Signed by the illustrator on colophon in rear.

Splendid edition of the 17th-century author's risqué poetry with illustrations to match. The illustrations were reproduced by color-collotype at the Chiswick Press while the type was set at the Baynard Press for subscribers of the Golden Cockerel Press.

Price: $850.00