[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.] CLAY, Enid. The Constant Mistress.

£500 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.] CLAY, Enid. The Constant Mistress. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. 8vo. Original canvas-backed green boards, printed paper spine label, edges untrimmed; 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill behind loose tissue guards; pp. [x], 9-40, [vi]; boards sunned to edges, with larger portion to lower also discoloured; paper label rubbed, with slight loss to one letter; one or two pages roughly opened; internally near-fine. Limited to 300 numbered copies and signed by Eric Gill ("Eric G.") and Enid Clay. This copy no. 222. Also included is the original prospectus (one folding sheet), duplicating an engraving and a specimen page of text. Seldom found together. Eric Gill wonderfully illustrates a collection of his sister's poetry. Included here are odes to the Norfolk Dunes, as well as a cocktail bar in Piccadilly. SKU: 2114781

• Binding: Hardcover

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