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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Miller (Patrick)

THE GREEN SHIP. (Golden Cockerel Press)

Published: Golden Cockerel Press, 1936

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Wood-engravings by Eric Gill.


Special edition: 182 pages, double-page engraved pictorial title, full dark green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, titled gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, contained in a green leather and cloth solander case, with an extra set of plates in an envelope in the case, presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, a very good copy.

Printed and published in Great Britain by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbury and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, with eight wood-engravings by Eric Gill, and completed on May Day 1936. This edition is limited to 200 copies: 1 to 4 on vellum, 5 to 200 on British mould-made paper (5 – 66 being signed, full-bound, and accompanied by an extra set of the plates).

This is copy Number 12. Signed by both the author and Eric Gill.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (255 x 195 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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