Wright, John Buckland (1936) ‘Love Night: A Laotian Gallantry’, signed print

John Buckland Wright (1936) ‘Love Night: A Laotian Gallantry‘, signed print. On offer all six prints, signed by John Buckland Wright, originally published for the Golden Cockerel Press in an exclusive limited edition run of 75 copies. Those prints would have been included in a pocket at the back of the vellum bound limited edition version of the title as the prints were deemed as too erotic to be published. Also, they would not have been individually signed b the artist. We offer these prints individually at GBP 300 and allow discount if the buyer wishes to acquire all of the prints or several. Please message us.

This was Buckland Wright’s first commission for the Golden Cockerel Press and, according to Reid, “a major turning point in his career”. The plates are of a more erotic nature and did not appear in the ordinary copies. The first prospectus was printed on laid paper but as JBW wrote to a friend, “The block printed so badly that I insisted on their changing to a suitable paper”; two others were printed on Japanese vellum, with different illustrations.