The Metamorphosis of Pigmalion's Image

Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Limited Edition. Near fine. Rene Ben Sussan. 12mo; 7 3/4 x 5 in (200 x 130 mm). Pp.(viii), 18, colophon (verso blank), (viii) + 2 engraved images (1-17) in sepia, brown and grey-blue ink by René Ben Sussman. Quarter bound cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt and very lightly browned, batik papered boards; lightly cracked at title page.The fragile original plain Glassine WRAPPER is in Very Good condition and now protected by a removable archival mylar cover. Printed on hand-made paper, uncut, in black ink with decorations and caps in sepia. This is number 256 of 325 copies printed.

[Chanticleer 46; Ransom p. 296, no. 43]. John Marston was a poet, satirist and playwright whose short career spanned the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods and was famous for the feuds with Ben Johnson. His reputation has varied widely over time but his work was resuscitated by the Romantics and some of his works were well-loved by T.S. Elliot. The text for this edition is taken from the 1598 edition [ESTC S109897] with minor corrections and with contractions expanded.

The GOLDEN COKEREL 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 Gibbings, 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).