Oak Knoll

Printed by Robert Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press, set in 14pt. Caslon Old Face type, in an edition limited to 425 numbered copies on English hand-made paper (Chanticleer 43). Lacking the paper dust jacket, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Also illustrated by Gibbings with six small engravings, with which Coppard was delighted...compared with his earlier Golden Cockerel books, its production was magnificent (Cave, History of the Golden Cockerel Press, Oak Knoll, 2003, p.74). Many of the poems were written to or for Gay Taylor, with whom the poet had a long-running affair. The Golden Cockerel Press was transformed under Gibbings into a fine press famous for its illustrated books, as well as the achievements of writers like Coppard, H.E. Bates, and T. E. Lawrence.