Eric Gill Illus (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Eric Kincaid; Gerry Embleton; Gill Embleton (illustrator). Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Eric Kincaid; Gerry Embleton; Gill Embleton (illustrator). Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 166 pages. Profusely illustrated by Eric Gill. Fine condition. (B6).

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. This book has gently bumped corners, rubbing to both covers that has worn away the brightness of the decorative gilt on the front cover, a slightly shifted spine, a gentle waving to the top edge of the textblock possibly from minor water damage, and an overall light aging to the pages, otherwise this book is in good condition with unmarked pages, a tight binding, and attractive images throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Wood engravings by Eric Gill, 9.25 x 6.75", gilt-lettered parchment backed gilt-lettered blue cloth, 309pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and fraying, pp a little edge-toned else a nice, clean copy. Decorative binding.

Jess Whitworth May 1942, ownership of Jess Whitworth signature (NZ author), Imperial octavo softcover (VG-) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 2nd Edition. The first folio society edition, a reprint of the rare Golden Cockerel Press edition illustrated edition. Limited to 1980 copies this being no 1591 . The Tales is bound in full Goatskin, complete with the supplementary volume in the slipcase. A fine set.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Small octavo (20cm.); publisher's cloth in grey dust jacket printed in red, red topstain; 197pp.; frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket extremities, brief archival tape repair to spine crown verso not visible to exterior, spine a hint toned, else Very Good and sound. GILL 45.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Sacred and Secular &c", essays by Eric Gill, with 8 pictures by TEG. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., for Hague & Gill Ltd., London, 1940, 1st edition. Octavo (200 x 130 mm), 198 pages. Essays include "Sacred and Secular", "Mass for the Masses" and "Ownership & Industrialism", amongst others. Endpapers are a little toned, with some foxing to text block edges. In very good condition. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, with some sunning to spine. Now in protective Mylar sleeve (removable). Also in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 40, 31 plates, including five wood engravings by Gill who also writes the eight page introduction. Original publishers grey boards, lettered black with blind decorated spine (Evan Gill gives the spine as cloth, which suggests that this is possibly a variant issue). Slight rubbing at foot of spine and starting to split with covers a little marked, otherwise about very good.

Hardcover. 12mo (7" x 5.25"), blue cloth, author/title labels at front cover and spine. Frontis. wood-engraving, 15 pp., b&w engravings throughout. CONDITION: Near-fine. Reproduction of the S. Dominic's Press edition of 1921. Number 124 of an edition of 200 copies.

Hardcover/Wraps. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover/Wraps. One volume is a facsimile of the Cranach Presse edition, illustrated by Eric Gill; the other a Postscript. Minor toning at the spine, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows minor shelf/edge wear, else tight and clean. One volume quarterbound in velleum with beige boards, second volume in beige wraps, gilt lettering, black ink lettering. Narrow 8vo. 31pp; 22pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Very Good+ in Very Good Slipcase.

Hardcover in original dj. Sm 8vo (7.5" x 5"), gilt pink-red cloth. Frontis., [viii], [1][125] pp., [126128] blank, eight additional illus. Bookplate of "Wyman Parker" on front pastedown. Signed by the author below printing statement at verso of title page. CONDITION: Very good, covers fine with small white spots, foxing to edges of text block and to the margins of a few leaves; dj good, chip at head of spine, toned at edges with short tears at extremities. First edition, limited to 1413 copies, this copy signed by Gill. Wyman Parker was a librarian at Wesleyan University, librarian at the Bread Loaf School of English, and a collector of fine press books. REFERENCES: Gill 28.

Hardcover. 8vo (8.75" x 6"), green paper boards in half tan cloth with title-author leather stamped on spine. Previous owner bookplate on front paste-down. b&w woodcut engravings throughout. Author and illus. autograph on colophon. 40 pp. CONDITION: Very good, front and back covers faded and spine sunned but text-block fine. Edition 191 of 300. "Uniform with Enid Clay's Sonnets & Verses, also illustrated by Gill [his first collaboration with Golden Cockerel]." "This is no. 101 of the Golden Cockerel Press publications" (Gill). Signed by both Eric Gill and Enid Clay (Gill's sister) on the colophon. REFERENCES: Gill 293; Chanticleer 101; Skelton 38.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. No. 2439 of a limited edn. of 2750 copies. Illus. with b.w. reproductions. 4to. full morocco with gilt dec. to front bd., a.e.g. Also incl. hardback booklet containing essays, all housed in single presentation box as issued. Box slightly marked, else v.g. (Heavy item, will require extra postage).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Eric Gill (illustrator). A FINE Copy. This is a Facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1928-1931 and illustrated throughout with engravings by ERIC GILL. Two Volumes housed in a CLAMSHELL BOX (not quite flush to edges, but likely intentional due to size/weight). Included with the Main book is a Second volume entitled "The Golden Cockerel Press, The Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill: Decoration and the Mise en Page" by Peter Holliday. A useful addition to such a sumptuous volume. This is the same size as the 'Canterbury Tales; , but very slim. This is Bound with a black cloth spine, sage-green paper boards and a Title Label to the front board. "The Canterbury Tales" is bound in Black Nigerian goatskin leather by G. Lachenmaier with Fabriano Tiziano endpapers. Leather is blocked in 24-carat gold with gold titles/decoration to the spine and upper board. All edges gilt. With a black satin ribbon marker. Canterbury Tales = c.768 pages. Peter Holliday Essay = 48pp. Dimensions of the books are 12 ½" x 7 ¾" Outer Clamshell dimensions are Small Folio = 35cm by 23cm (13¾ by 9 inches). This Edition is Limited to 1980 numbered copies. This is Number 516. Limitation at the end of the book. NO Inscriptions or marks. Clean, Tight and Bright. Printed by Memminger Medien Centrum on Corolla Classic watermark laid paper. The Original The Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury tales was originally bound in four volumes corresponding to the four days of the narrative, with a contents page at the end of each volume. A Sumptuous Volume. FINE. GIFT QUALITY. This book is large and very overweight and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. Please check with Seller if unsure. See Images. ; Large Thick Folio 13" - 15" tall Facsimile Reprint -1st Thus; First Printing.

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited Edition (77/1250). Facsimile of the original edition printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press in 1926-7 using the text from the Globe Edition of 1898. Bound in full black goatskin leather with gilt text and decoration. Also includes a volume of essays by Barry Windeatt and Roderick Cave bound in paper. Both volumes are housed in a black clothbound clamshell case with gilt lettering on spine. Troilus & Criseyde, edited by Arundell Del Re with wood engravings by Eric Gill.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by The St. Dominic's Press, Ditchling in 1916. The correct first issue printed in red and black. With five engravings and press device. Issued without covers and stitched as issued. The pamphlet is in Very Good++ or better condition and is unopened at the top edge. Some very light markings to the covers and a few light spots the the rear cover. The true first issue with the correct titling 'with engravings by A.E.R.G.' to the front cover. The subsequent variant printed later the same year was issued with the titling changed to 'with emblems by A.E.R.G.' (Taylor and Sewell A5). Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition [20/1980]. VG : in very good condition in black solander case. Aeg with ribbon marker. 350mm x 230mm (14" x 9"). 765pp, 48pp. Wood engravings by Eric Gill. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. The Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury tales was bound in four volumes corresponding to the four days of the narrative, with a contents page at the end of each volume. Bound by G. Lachenmaier in full goatskin leather. Black/gilt hardback leather cover black cloth over green papered boards.

269 [1] pp. With Decorations by Eric Gill. Folio, publisher's half pigskin and tan buckram boards, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London First of this edition; No. 102 of 500 copies (488 on paper). The tan cloth of the binding is foxed as usual, with a few small stains; and the rounded back of the pigskin spine is irregularly tanned. The interior is very fine throughout.

42 [2] pp. 4to, publisher's white cloth, in publisher's clear mylar wrapper and a custom slipcase. First edition; No. 18 of 30 copies hand-colored by Eric Gill; signed by Eric Gill and Robert Gibbings. A beautiful copy. The mylar is a little rippled with a few tiny spots to the rear panel. See Chanticleer #31.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The sole UK printing published by the Golden Cockerel Press, London in 1936. Number '175' of only 200 copies issued. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. The usual slight fading to the marbled cloth with some rubbing and toning to the corners and edges. Set in 13 pt. Perpetua type and printed on Portals paper. Quarter green morocco with special marbled cloth covered boards. Gilt spine title and upper edge gilt. Light toning to the spine. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London with their binder's stamp to the lower front pastedown. A hint of toning to the page edges. 8 B/W wood engravings by Eric Gill including a striking double title page engraving. Previous owner's book-plate on the front paste-down. Free from inscriptions. Loosely inserted is the publisher's 2 page Prospectus with one specimen engraving and edition details on the verso. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Hardcover. Sm 8vo (7.75" x 5.25"), cloth spine, printed paper over boards. [4], viii, 40 pp., emblem of S. Dominic's Press and one wood-engraving by Gill, other engravings by the author and Desmond Chute. Bookplate of "Wyman Parker" on front pastedown, also ticket on ffep reading: "This book can be supplied by the Dryad Works, Handicraft Department 42 St. Nicholas Street, Leicester." CONDITION: Good, spine slightly browned, corners slightly curled, endpapers toned, first two leaves partially detached but holding firm. First edition. Number 10 of the S. Dominic's Press publications. Gill's "introduction was revised and the book was enlargedpublished as the fifth edition by Faber & Faber in 1938" (Gill). Wyman Parker was a librarian at Wesleyan University, librarian at the Bread Loaf School of English, and a collector of fine press books. REFERENCES: Gill 77.

First edition, first impression, number 439 of 450 copies, presentation copy, inscribed "To Miss H.M. Wade-Gery from Robert Gibbings. 14-10-25" on front free endpaper. Gibbings took over The Golden Cockerell Press in February 1924. This copy was presented to the sister of H. T. Wade-Gery, the classical scholar and author of the second book printed by the Press. This collection of poetry by Enid Clay, collects examples previously published in The English Review and the Observer. Gibbings had previously tried to involve Eric Gill in the work of The Golden Cockerell Press but the artist had refused as Gibbings was not a Catholic. When Gibbings sought to publish the work of Gill's sister, Enid, the artist commenced a long and productive relationship with the press. Chanticleer 25; Gill 274. Octavo. Eight wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill. Original buff cloth-backed blue boards, paper spine label. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Head and foot of spine slightly bumped, extremities slightly sunned; a very good copy.

First Golden Cockerel Press edition, number 129 of 219 copies printed on Kelmscott handmade paper, retaining the seldom-seen original slipcase. Loosely inserted is the equally elusive publisher's prospectus for autumn 1926, describing this edition as "a larger and more elaborate volume than has hitherto been attempted." Troilus and Criseyde was one of the first books that Eric Gill illustrated for the Golden Cockerel Press, having joined as chief engraver in 1924. Together with The Song of Songs (1925), Canterbury Tales (1925), and The Four Gospels (1931), it is one of "the classic examples of specialist book production of that period. For a while the Golden Cockerel was Eric Gill" (MacCarthy, p. 187). Gill's artworks "captured the whimsical interplay between words and images displayed in medieval illuminated manuscripts. In Troilus and Cryseide, Gill mixed full page illustrations with a combination of black and white lines and a rich assortment of shapes that presented a sense of motion. He created serpentine flora with simple figures to cushion the distinctive text. These border decorations reflect the narrative stanzas in an unassuming manner" (Berona, p. v). There were also six copies on vellum. Chanticleer 50; Gill 279. For the prospectus, see Cock-A-Hoop P50. David A. Berona, Eric Gill's Masterpieces of Wood Engraving: Over 250 Illustrations, 213; Fiona MacCarthy, Eric Gill, 1989. Small folio. Woodcut title page, 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, ornamental borders throughout by Eric Gill. Text printed in black, red, and blue in Caslon O. F. type. Original quarter niger by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, floral patterned paper-covered sides, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in the publisher's card slipcase. Publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. Hint of wear to corners, otherwise a fine copy in the slipcase, a little worn and with short split to one edge.

Limited edition, number 135 of 485 copies on handmade paper; a further 15 copies were issued on vellum. The Canterbury Tales was one of the "most important Golden Cockerel editions for which Eric Gill provided the engravings" and showcases his "originality and verve" (ODNB). This work was seen as one of the finest books to be produced by the press, exhibiting the ideals of the private press movement as if the "author, artist and printer have shared one concept and expressed it" (Franklin). An announcement of the edition within The Times Literary Supplement on 2 February 1928 noted a publication price of 25 Guineas. It also stated that the vellum copies (at 120 Guineas) had already been fully subscribed. The publication of the work was a major literary event and was widely covered in the press throughout the four-year publication period. A review within The Times Literary Supplement described the set as "a fine one" and noted that "each page is ornamented at the side with a conventional tree, at the top or bottom of which there are usually figures. These figures seems alternately to express an almost frivolous gaiety and a harsh ascetism. Gill portrays these attributes and characteristics of the Middle Ages as if they came down to us from a great distance, as pale now romantic shadows of what was once violent and robust. With this mood is at times combined a strain of Post-Impressionism, a modern flavour". The review concluded comparing the Golden Cockerel edition to the Kelmscott Chaucer, noting that Pre-Raphaelitism was "adaptable to new circumstances". The partners of the Golden Cockerel Press, Christopher Sandford, Owen Rutter, and Anthony Sandford, described the set in their bibliography of the press as simply "beautiful books". Chanticleer 63; Franklin 307; Gill 281. The Times Literary Supplement, 2 Feb. 1928, p. 79 & 18 April 1929, p. 310. 4 vols, tall octavo. Initials printed in red, blue, and black. With full-page illustration, 29 half-page illustrations, decorated borders, tailpieces, and line fillers, all by Gill. Bound for the publishers by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in brown quarter niger, spines lettered in gilt, patterned paper boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Some wear to extremities, slight colour variance to morocco, minor cracking to front joint of vol. 1, minor browning to endpapers (as usual): a very good set.

First edition, first impression. Laid-in is a two-page autograph letter signed (on the back of printed galleys) from Mervyn Horder, prominent composer and, at the time, chairman and managing director of Gerald Duckworth & Co., Publishers, to the artist and illustrator Gwen Raverat. The letter concerns the commission of a press mark featuring the letter D and a duck; included are some trials by the artist which Horder is returning, with further suggestions. Gwen Raverat, a highly accomplished artist, was one of the foremost revivers of wood-engraving as a fine art in the 20th century and her skill is evident in the small sketches supplied. Folio. 16 plates laid into the linen-backed portfolio, blue boards, titles to front board in black, linen ties. One plate a little dusty, spine with some minor wear. Very good.

First edition, limited issue, number 41 of 200 copies, of which 175 were for sale. Procreant Hymn is first book illustrated by Eric Gill for the Golden Cockerel Press, to which he contributed five copper engravings: in order, these are titled "God Sending", "Earth Waiting", "Earth Inviting", "Dalliance", and "Earth Receiving", though their names are not printed in the book. The book was printed in Caslon type on handmade paper. The "explicit eroticism" of Gill's illustrations "shocked many of his former supporters and drew puzzled reproaches from the Dominicans" (ODNB). Gill 277; Franklin, pp. 329-30; Ransom, p. 296. Octavo. With 5 copper-engraved plates, including frontispiece, by Gill. Original cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With dust jacket. A fine copy in the scarce dust jacket, a little rubbed and toned, couple of short closed tears to folds and rear panel, sharp and well-preserved.