The Saga of Llywarch the Old. A Reconstruction...

(Golden Cockerel Press.) JONES (Glyn)

The Saga of Llywarch the Old. A Reconstruction...

with the Verse Interludes Translated by T. J. Morgan and an Introduction by Sir Ifor Williams.

Description: 59/60 COPIES (from an overall edition of 200 copies) specially bound, composed and printed on Green's hand-made paper by The Chiswick Press, frontispiece, title-vignette and 3 further full-page engravings by Dorothea Braby, printed in brown and green, pp. 38, 8vo, original tan morocco, gilt blocked vignette of sword within wreath on upper board, and of cockerel head on lower board, backstrip gilt-lettered, boards with scattered spotting, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, matching marbled board slipcase, very good

Publication Details: 1955

Notes: The first publication of the re-constructed saga in book form (following its broadcast on BBC Radio 3) and one of Christopher Sandford's favourite Golden Cockerel books, Braby's striking illustrations in contrast to the usual style of artists chosen by the press. 'Her frontispiece was suggestive of brasswork, and the other illustrations were like medieval carved ivory tablets. They were tremendously three-dimensional and contributed to what is for me an awfully attractive book.' (Cook-a-Hoop, p.34)...moreThe first publication of the re-constructed saga in book form (following its broadcast on BBC Radio 3) and one of Christopher Sandford's favourite Golden Cockerel books, Braby's striking illustrations in contrast to the usual style of artists chosen by the press. 'Her frontispiece was suggestive of brasswork, and the other illustrations were like medieval carved ivory tablets. They were tremendously three-dimensional and contributed to what is for me an awfully attractive book.' (Cook-a-Hoop, p.34) HIDE

Bibliography: (Cock-a-Hoop 200)

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Price: £1,500

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1955

Stock Number: 74634

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