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[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. COPPARD, A.E. (1878–1957). Adam and Eve and Pinch Me. Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, UK: Golden Cockerel Press, 1921. 8vo. Original publisher’s orange cloth with paper labels on spine and upper cover (spine skewed with toning, rubbing to joints, toning as expected to inner boards). FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 340 COPIES BOUND IN ORANGE BOARDS. First book printed by the Golden Cockerel Press, and the first published work by A.E. Coppard. Chanticleer 1. –– [Together with:] Lucina Sine Concubitu. Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, UK: Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. 8vo. Publisher’s quarter parchment with decorative boards, top edge gilt (corners bumped, toning as expected to inner boards). LIMITED EDITION number 272 of 500 copies. Includes three copper engravings by Hester Sainsbury. Chanticleer 70.