GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. RUSSELL FLINT, Sir William. HERRICK, Robert. ~ One Hundred and Eleven Poems by Robert Herrick.
Selected and arranged with 42 collotype reproductions of paintings and drawings by Sir William Russell Flint. No.2 of 105 special copies in a de luxe binding with 8 extra plates by Flint in a separate sleeve, signed by the artist (the total edition was of 550 numbered copies). Printed in black, blue, red and green in Perpetua type on handmade paper. 4to., original white sheepskin by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt block of cockerel on two circles with RH in the centre, gilt lettering on spine, housed in the original marbled cloth slipcase. Spine very mildly darkened, otherwise an extremely good copy.
Printed for Russell Flint at his request and expense as his tribute to a poet he much admired.
Bookplate of the Parkhouse collection and of Mary Smith.