An Overview of The Golden Cockerel Press
The Hal Taylor period was an unfortunate one for virtually all the people concerned. It did, however, provide the opportunity that Gibbings was looking for, and from which he developed the press as collectors know it today. Sandford carried on the tradition, but standards became watered down and the character of the press changed gradually, mostly in an attempt to keep the press going. Both Gibbings and Stanford invested time, money and considerable periods of their lives in the press.
Golden Cockerel titles have remained sought-after items by book collectors, and the press is one of the outstanding private presses of the 20th century.
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