704 Cox (Morris). Yule Gammon, published and printed by the author, January 1957, elimination linocut frontispiece, two linocut illustrations, slight rippling, purple patterned endpapers, original cloth, paper label to spine, dust jacket (small tear and nicks at spine ends), 8vo, limited signed edition 4/20
706 Cox (Morris). 9 Poems from Nature, Gogmagog Press, 1959, 9 colour elimination linocuts, folding typescript (original version?) of Thundercomer (poem 2 in the book) loosely inserted, occasional light spotting, original cloth, acetate wrapper, 8vo, limited signed edition 34/35
From the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 1. With a folding 1 page autograph letter, dated 1977 from artist Rigby Graham to his friend and bibliographer Alan Tucker, enclosing the present copy, ‘a strange little book, but I delighted to have found it since you hadn’t got a copy...’ (1) £400 - £600
From the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 4, ‘Perhaps his masterpiece, in the balance of poem and illustration, not really visual but as a poet and artist.’ (1) £200 - £300
707 Cox (Morris). War in a Cock’s Egg, Gogmagog Press, 1960, four double page reverse/direct offset plates, original cloth, acetate wrapper, 8vo, limited signed edition 11/50 From the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 6. With a folding typescript letter from Morris Cox to Alan Tucker, dated 1963 regarding the book, plus two unrelated loose proof illustrations (one folding with notes to verso). (1) £150 - £200
705 Cox (Morris). The Slumbering Virgin. A Serio-Comic version of an old tale, Gogmagog Press, 1958, 10 elimination linocuts, a few minor spots, original wrappers, 8vo, limited signed edition of 45 copies From the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Chambers, Franklin & Tucker, 2. Proof copy, with additional loose linocut for number 2, with autograph poem to verso titled ‘Kaiser Bill’s Descent in Hell’, original colour drawing for linocut number 5, final text leaf in typescript with corrections, plus a folding typed letter from Morris Cox to Alan Tucker, dated May 1964 enclosing the present proof copy amongst other items. (1) £300 - £400
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