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Title(s):
Ecclesiastes, or, The preacher.
Additional Title(s):

Preacher

Bible. Ecclesiastes. English. Authorized. 1934.
Published/Created:
[London] : The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934
Physical Description:
21, [3] pages : illustrations ; 34 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
BS1473 .1934+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The hundredth book printed by the Golden Cockerel Press and completed on the 15th day of October, 1934, thirteen years after the foundaion of the Press. The type used is the Golden Cockerel Fount designed by Eric Gill; the paper is Batchelor Hand Made watermarked for the Press; the engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. By permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University, the text used is that edited by Dr. F.H.A. Scrivener. Compositors: A.H. Gibbs and E.J. Ward. Pressman: A. Curran. The edition is limited to 3 copies printed on vellum and 247 on paper."--Colophon.
Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 97
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 49 of 425. Bound in white quarter vellum and orange cloth.
Subject Terms:
Bible. Ecclesiastes
Gill, Eric, 1882–1940
Gill, Eric, 1882–1940.
Golden Cockerel Press.
Golden Cockerel Press.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Wood engravings -- 1934.
Contributors:
Gill, Eric, 1882–1940, designer.
Hughes-Stanton, Blair, 1902–1981, engraver.
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
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