This is the third Golden Cockerel Bibliography (following Chanticleer and Pertelote, but preceding Cock-a-Hoop). This is the cloth-bound unlimited edition. The books was also published as a quarter-morocco limited edition.
Has 83 illustrations from Golden Cockerel books, a preface by Christopher Sandford, and a number of additional essays.
Christopher Sandford has published acclaimed biographies of Kurt Cobain, Steve McQueen, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, and Roman Polanski. He has worked as a film and music writer and reviewer for over 20 years and frequently contributes to newspapers and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. Rolling Stone has called him "the preeminent author in his field today."
His latest project, MASTERS OF MYSTERY (forthcoming November 2011, Palgrave Macmillan) explores Arthur Conan Doyle's and Harry Houdini's incredible friendship and fascination with Spiritualism.