Here's flowers : an anthology of flower poems / compiled by Joan Rutter ; with an introduction by Walter De La Mare and wood-engravings by John O'Connor.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Rutter, Joan, compiler.
• De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, writer of introduction.
• O'Connor, John, 1913-2004, illustrator, wood engraver.
• Sandford, Christopher, printer, publisher.
• Sandford, Anthony, printer, publisher.
• Rutter, Owen, 1889-1944, printer.
• Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, type designer.
• Golden Cockerel Press, printer, publisher.
• Arnold & Foster, Ltd., papermaker.
• Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• English poetry.
• Flowers--Poetry.
• Flowers.

Genre:

• Poetry.
• Private press books (Printing)
• Printers' devices (Printing)
• Limitation statements (Publishing)
• Deckled edges (Paper)
• Handmade papers (Paper)
• Machine-made papers (Paper)
• Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Perpetua.
• Case bindings (Binding)
• Gilt edges (Binding)
• Gold tooled bindings (Binding)
• Marbled paper bindings (Binding)
• Untrimmed edges (Binding)
• Illustrated works.
• Poems.

Penn Provenance:

• Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
• Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

197, [3] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1937.

Contents:

• Flowers of spring
• Spring nosegays
• Flowers of summer
• Summer posies
• Summer gardens
• Flowers for remembrance.

Notes:

• "Printed & published by Christopher & Anthony Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the tenth day of August 1937. The edition, printed in Perpetua type on hand-made paper, is limited to 200 copies. No. [blank] An unlimited edition, printed on machine-made paper, will also be issued."--Colophon.
• Printer's device on page [199].
• "200 numbered copies on Arnold's hand-made paper, 1/4 bound in blue morocco with marbled paper boards ... Unlimited edition on machine-made paper bound in green cloth with yellow jacket-wrapper."--Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press.
• Deckled edges with fore- and tail edges untrimmed; gilt tops. Title, compiler's surname, and press's device stamped in gold on spine.
• Includes index.

Local Notes:

• Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 43 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 200 copies.
• Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Cited in:

Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 124

OCLC:

6459569