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Creator:
Quennell, Nancy
Title(s):
The epicure's anthology / collected by Nancy Quennell ; with an essay on the epicure and the epicurean by A.J.A. Symons ; and decorations by Osbert Lancaster.
Published/Created:
London : The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.
Physical Description:
187, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
TX631 .Q46 1936
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Printed and published by Christopher and Anthony Sandford & Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, & completed on the 15th day of October, 1936. The edition is limited to 150 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper. An unlimited edition printed on machine-made paper will also be issued."--Page [2]
Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 114
BEIN Za W5655 Zz936Qb: "First Impression: 30th November, 1936. Second Impression: 7th December, 1936"--Preliminary p. [2]. Dust jacket. Accompanied by: book prospectus, 1L. From the Typographical Library in the Monroe Wheeler Papers.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 78 of a limited edition of 150 copies. Bound in full calf.
Subject Terms:
Gastronomy.
Literature -- Collections.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Wheeler, Monroe, 1899–1988 -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Handmade paper printings (Printing) -- 1936.
Contributors:
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
Lancaster, Osbert, Sir, 1908– illustrator.
Rutter, Owen, 1889–1944, printer.
Sandford, Anthony, printer.
Sandford, Christopher, printer.
Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900–1941, writer of added text.
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