Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books company logo
Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • About Us
  • Browse
  • Catalogues
  • Events
  • Contact
Cart
0 items $
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu

Literature

  • All
  • Artist's Books
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • Bindings
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • Children's Materials
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • Fine Press
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • Illustration
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • Literature
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • Miniature Books
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • Social Justice
    • Recent Acquisitions
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mr. Chambers and Persephone by Christopher Whitfield. Title-page spread
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mr. Chambers and Persephone by Christopher Whitfield. Colophon
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mr. Chambers and Persephone by Christopher Whitfield. Binding

Christopher Whitfield; Dorothea Braby (illus.)

Mr. Chambers and Persephone, 1937
London: Golden Cockerel Press
One of 150 copies. Signed by the author.
68
$ 200.00
Christopher Whitfield; Dorothea Braby (illus.), Mr. Chambers and Persephone, 1937
Sold
Christopher Whitfield; Dorothea Braby (illus.), Mr. Chambers and Persephone, 1937
Sold
Inquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EChristopher%20Whitfield%3B%20Dorothea%20Braby%20%28illus.%29%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EMr.%20Chambers%20and%20Persephone%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E1937%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22edition_details%22%3ELondon%3A%20Golden%20Cockerel%20Press%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22signed_and_dated%22%3EOne%20of%20150%20copies.%20Signed%20by%20the%20author.%3C/div%3E

Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Mr. Chambers and Persephone by Christopher Whitfield. Title-page spread
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Mr. Chambers and Persephone by Christopher Whitfield. Colophon
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Mr. Chambers and Persephone by Christopher Whitfield. Binding
Octavo. 62, (1)pp. Wood-engravings by Braby as frontispiece and tail-piece emblematize the modernist figure studies that often appeared under the Golden Cockerel imprint. Bound in quarter green cloth, a color...
Read more
Octavo. 62, (1)pp. Wood-engravings by Braby as frontispiece and tail-piece emblematize the modernist figure studies that often appeared under the Golden Cockerel imprint. Bound in quarter green cloth, a color fugitive at the spine. Moderate rubs to edges, else very good in publisher's dust wrapper.
Close full details

Provenance

Bookplate of the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut tipped in.
Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
67 
of  163

Terms of Sale

Privacy Policy

Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books

607 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116

617-247-2818 | connect@salmonrarebooks.com

Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Send an email
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences