Sonnets and Folk Songs from the Spanish
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. First, Limited Edition. 8vo, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (223 x 145 mm); 81 pp.; 14 pt Calson O.F. type on Kelmscott handmade paper, UNOPENED. 1/4 bound in linen with gray boards, title in black on label. Interior and exterior in fine condition, spine label toned. Copy 265 of 500 with cockerel logo in gold ink on limitation page.
[Chanticleer 24; Ransom p. 295, no. 24; Tomkinson p. 95, no. 24].
Henry Havelock Ellis (1859 – 1939) was an English physician, eugenicist, prolific writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Ellis was among the pioneering investigators of psychedelic drugs and the author of one of the first written reports to the public about an experience with mescaline, which he conducted on himself in 1896. He supported eugenics and served as one of 16 vice-presidents of the Eugenics Society from 1909 to 1912.
The GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS was founded by Harold Midgely Taylor in 1920 with the object of publishing new works of literary significance by young authors and to print and publish fine editions of books of established worth. When Mr. Taylor retired in 1924 it was purchased by Robert Gibbins, known as an illustrator and woodcutter (Tomkinson, p .93) "Golden Cockerel books are amongst the most popular and desirable private press items." (Ransom p. 106).
Condition: Fine.
Item number: 619
Price: $150.00
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