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Gill, Eric
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1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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- Gill, Eric
- Collection of works by, including the illustrations of, and relating to Eric Gill, comprising:
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Gill, E. Art and Manufacture. Fanfare Press: 1929, original wrappers printed in black [Gill 19]; Gill, E. Drawings from Life. Hague & Gill Ltd, 1940, original dark blue cloth, dust-jacket [Gill 48], ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dust-jacket worn along top edge; [Gill, E.] The Letters of Eric Gill. Jonathan Cape: 1947 [1948], original red cloth with device in blind on upper board, top edge red, dust-jacket [Gill 54], some staining to spine of dust-jacket--[St Dominic’s Press]. Nine issues of The Game, mostly from Vol. IV. Ditchling: St Dominic’s Press, 1916-1922 [Gill 69, Taylor & Sewell F1]--Pepler, D. Concerning Dragons. Ditchling: Douglas Pepler, 1916, original wrappers printed in black and red [Gill 264], some browning--Chesterton, G.K. Gloria in Profundis. Faber & Gwyer, [1927], original yellow wrappers printed in black, [Gill 278]--Huxley, A. Leda. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929, number 89 of 361 copies, signed by the author, original cloth, collector’s chemise and slipcase [Gill 282]--Shakespeare, W. Hamlet. High Wycombe: Hague and Gill for the Limited Editions Club, 1933, number 223 of 1500, signed by Eric Gill, original light-brown pig-skin with device in brown on upper and lower boards, publisher’s slipcase [Gill 287], spine with some minor abrasions--[Aldine Bible]. The New Testament … Volume I, The Gospel according to St. Matthew and St. Mark. J.M. Dent and Sons, 1934, original red cloth, top edge red, dust-jacket [Gill 292], significant tape repairs to spine of dust-jacket--[Pepler, D.] The Dressmaker and the Milkmaid. Ditchling: St Dominic’s Press, 1929, original wrappers printed in black [see Gill 386]; [Pepler, D.] Aspidistras and Parlers. Ditchling: St Dominic’s Press, 1929, original wrappers printed in black [Gill 392]--Powys, T.F. Uncle Dottery. Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1930 [1931], number 151 of 350 copies, signed by the author, original cloth backed patterned boards, collector’s box [Gill 394]--Gray, J. Poems. Sheed and Ward, 1931, one of 200 copies printed by Hague and Gill, original printed wrapper, glassine jacket, collector’s folding box, some chips to glassine jacket--Sterne, L. A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. High Wycombe: Hague and Gill for the Limited Editions Club, 1936, number 742 of 1500 copies signed by Eric Gill and Denis Tegetmeier, original decorated cloth, top edge gilt, publisher’s slipcase, bookplate to preliminary leaf; together with 7 volumes of criticism of Gill's work, 7 exhibition catalogues and a Gill postcard; mostly 8vo (37)