Christopher Sandford

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Christopher Sandford (1902-1983) of Eye Manor, Herefordshire, was a book designer, proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press, a founding director of the Folio Society, and husband of the wood engraver and pioneer Corn dolly revivalist, Lettice Sandford, née Mackintosh Rate. During the war he organised preparations for underground resistance from Eye Manor in the event of a Nazi invasion.

Biography

He was born in Cork, Ireland, son of Professor Arthur Wellesley Sandford and Mary Carbery, the Irish author. He was the father of the playwright and musician, Jeremy Sandford.

References

Printing for Love, Christopher Sandford, in Books and Printing, ed. Paul A. Bennet, World Publishing Co, Cleveland, Ohio, 1963
A History of the Golden Cockerel Press, R. Cave & S.Manson, The British Library and The Oak Knoll Press, 2002
The Mercian Maquis, Bernard Lowry & Mick Wilks, Logaston Press, 2002
Lampe, David, The Last Ditch: Britain's Resistance Plans Against the Nazis, Cassell, 1968.
Obituary, Christopher Sandford, The Times, 21 March 1983

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Name	Sandford, Christopher
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Short description	British book designer
Date of birth	1902
Place of birth
Date of death	1983
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