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[FINE PRESS]. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. SANDFORD, Christophe...

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[FINE PRESS]. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. SANDFORD, Christopher (1902-1983). Cockalorum. A Sequel to Chanticleer and Pertelote Being a Bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press June 1943-December 1948? London: The Golden Cockerel Press, [ca. 1949]. 4to. Printed on all-rag paper. Illustrated in woodcuts by various illustrators. [4, blank], [1]-112, [4, blank] pp. Bound in publisher?s deluxe binding of quarter burgundy levant morocco over patterned cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt (faint sunning to spine, faint offsetting to endleaves). Black cloth slipcase. Fine. FIRST EDITION, #68/250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE FOUNDER OF THE PRESS, CHRISTOPHER SANDFORD. With the bookplate of photographer Theodor Jung (1906-1996) on the fp. Jung was famous for his photographs of Depression-era America.