JOHN COTTON AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
LONDON SW17 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM

Bushey Heath : Taurus Press, [1969]. First edition : limited to 200 numbered copies (although numbered 215). A collection of ten poems. Designed, printed and illustrated by Paul Peter Piech.
Narrow post 8vo. [20]pp. Original grey stapled wrappers, printed on upper wrapper in maroon; very good.

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1970. A carbon copy of the original typescript of John Cotton's sequence of Arthurian poems. Signed and dated (1970) by Cotton, and with several manuscript alterations in his hand.
Post 4to. Eight leaves. Very slightly browned and frayed, but in very good state.

£40

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Berkhamsted : Priapus Press, (1971). First edition : limited to 300 numbered copies. Inscribed, signed and dated (1971) by Cotton. Loosely inserted is an additional hand-printed greetings card, also inscribed and signed by Cotton. A single poem, with a cover design and a striking colour illustration by Rigby Graham.
Post 8vo. [8]pp. Original orange stapled wrappers, with a Rigby Graham design in gold on upper wrapper; very good.

£20

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1972). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by John Cotton. A poem.
Demy 8vo. [4]pp. Original yellow ochre stapled wrappers, printed on upper wrapper in brown; just a touch of rusting to staples, otherwise fine.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1973). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by John Cotton. A presentation copy, inscribed to Elizabeth Thomas, and further signed and dated (1973) by Cotton. A poem.
Post 8vo. [4]pp. Original dove grey wrappers, printed on upper wrapper in black; very slightly sunned at head of upper wrapper, but otherwise near fine.

£15

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Oxford : Sycamore Press, (1973). First edition. Three poems - one on Keith Douglas.
Post 8vo. Single white sheet, printed in brown and black, folding to form three leaves; very good.

£15

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1976). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Cotton. Three poems.
Demy 8vo. [8]pp. Original moss green stapled wrappers, lettered on upper wrapper in black; near fine.

£15

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Berkhamsted : Priapus Press, (1981). First edition : one of forty copies (of 200) numbered and signed by John Cotton. Nine riddle poems (with answers).
Foolscap 8vo. [16]pp. Original variant crimson wrappers, lettered and illustrated on upper wrapper in black; fine.

£15

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[Berkhamsted] : Priapus Press, 1981. First edition. A Christmas card for friends of the Press, with Cotton's poem "Totleigh Riddle X: Wave". Signed by Cotton.
Foolscap 8vo. Single bright yellow folding card, printed in red and black; fine.

£10

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Berkhamsted : Priapus Press, 1981. First edition : limited to 350 numbered copies. A sequence of thirty-two poems, with a title-page and three illustrations by Rigby Graham.
Foolscap 4to. (16)pp. Original pale grey wrappers, lettered in red and with a further Rigby Graham illustration in green on upper wrapper; very good.indeed.

£15

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Berkhamsted : Priapus Press, (1982). First edition : limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Cotton. A poem, with illustrations by Jack Yates.
Foolscap 8vo. [16]pp. Original deep pink wrappers, printed on upper wrapper in black; very good indeed.

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Berkhamsted : Priapus Press, 1983. First edition : limited to 120 copies. A Press Christmas card, with Cotton's poem "I lie awake ...". Signed by Cotton. Illustrations by Bevis Cotton.
Foolscap 8vo. [4]pp. Original crimson wrappers, lettered and decorated on upper wrapper in black; about fine.

£10

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Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1986. First edition : limited to 250 copies. Inscribed, signed and dated (1987) by John Cotton on the verso of the half-title. Loosely inserted is a 1987 single-page autograph letter, signed with initials by Cotton, concerning Wendy Cope, etc. A collection of fifteen poems.
Post 8vo. (32)pp. Original grey pictorial wrappers, lettered in black, and with a Rigby Graham illustration in electric blue on upper wrapper; very good indeed.

£20

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