WILLIAMS, Gwyn (translator) & John PETTS (illustrator). Against Women, a satire , [London], GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, 1953, thin 8°, limited to 350 copies, this number 7 of 100 copies with an extra illustration and bound in lizard skin, 12 coloured wood-engravings by Petts including title vignette, original Indian ruby red lizard skin, upper cover stamped in gilt with a design by Petts, spine lettered in gilt [Cock-a-Hoop 192: "For the binding of the specials I thought that real snakeskin would be pefectly appropriate, but discovered that it is unfortunately perfectly beastly stuff to touch. Eventually however I found some Indian lizard skins ... which seemed perfectly suited to our book against women"]; and 6 others, miscellaneous. (7)
WILLIAMS, Gwyn (translator) & John PETTS (illustrator). Against Women, a satire , [London], GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, 1953, thin 8°, limited to 350 copies, this number 7 of 100 copies with an extra illustration and bound in lizard skin, 12 coloured wood-engravings by Petts including title vignette, original Indian ruby red lizard skin, upper cover stamped in gilt with a design by Petts, spine lettered in gilt [Cock-a-Hoop 192: "For the binding of the specials I thought that real snakeskin would be pefectly appropriate, but discovered that it is unfortunately perfectly beastly stuff to touch. Eventually however I found some Indian lizard skins ... which seemed perfectly suited to our book against women"]; and 6 others, miscellaneous. (7)
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