A history of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1920-1960 / Roderick Cave & Sarah Manson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cave, Roderick, author.

Manson, Sarah, author.

Contributor:

Oak Knoll Press, publisher.

British Library, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Golden Cockerel Press--History.

Golden Cockerel Press.

Golden Cockerel Press--Bibliography.

Private presses--England--London--History--20th century.

Private presses.

Fine books--England--History--20th century.

Fine books.

Illustrated books--England--History--20th century.

Illustrated books.

History.

England--Imprints.

England.

England--London.

Local Subjects:

Golden Cockerel Press--History.

Golden Cockerel Press--Bibliography.

England--Imprints.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

History.

Illustrated works.

Private press books (Publishing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 279 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Golden Cockerel Press

Place of Publication:

London : The British Library, 2002.

New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press.

Summary:

The Golden Cockerel Press, one of the foremost publishers of illustrated books, was the most important and productive of the English private presses during the period 1920-1960. This notable work is the first extensive study of the press, based on interviews and the Press's widely-scattered archives. The Press's literary achievement was as signifigant as its artistic contribution through its publication of original manuscripts by writers such as H.E. Bates, A.E. Coppard and T.E. Lawrence. This work also reveals how the market for fine books was created and sustained, and it provides many insights into other aspects of the British publishing scene. A bibliography of all books printed by the Golden Cockerel Press is included. Co-published with The British Library.

Contents:

1 'Oh, What Fools We Mortals Be': the Co-operative Press

2 The Move to Fine Printing

3 'Among Fruit Trees, Flowers, and Printing Presses': 27 the Early Gibbings Years

4 Towards a Typographical Masterpiece

5 Printing as a Cottage Industry

6 Gibbings and Other Artists

7 The Sale of the Press

8 Golden Cockerel in Staple Inn

9 New Directions for the Press

10 'Messing and Fussing'

11 New Approaches in a New Partnership

12 Rutter and Sandford Alone

13 Weathering the Storm

14 War and Austerity

15 Collotype and Classics

16 The Cockerel and Colour

17 The End of an Old Song

18 The Achievement of the Golden Cockerel Press.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy retains dust jacket. Ad for Oak Knoll Press laid in.

ISBN:

1584560932

9781584560937

071234778X

9780712347785

OCLC:

50478453

Publisher Number:

9780712347785