Eric Gill Illust (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The New Temple Shakespeare is a celebrated pocket-sized edition of William Shakespeare's plays and poems, edited by M. R. Ridley and featuring distinctive wood engravings by the renowned English artist and typographer Eric Gill.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus. Quarter green buckram with paper covered boards and paper title label to spine. Slight wear to edges of spine, a little marking to boards. Light foxing to page edges and endpapers, clean text throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Geoffrey A.M. Whittall) and name to front free endpaper. Reprinted from the 17th edition of 1850, with woodcut of ices houses by Eric Gill on p165. An early production from Pepler and Gill, who later established the St. Dominic's Press. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vi, 194.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Signs of wear at cover corners. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Red board covers with the pale cloth spine. Covers faded from the edges, front and back. Spine toned. Faces a little rubbed. Binding tight. Spotting to faces of page block and to pastedowns and endpapers. Half-title a little spotted but the bulk of the text with only minor spotting. No further markings or inscriptions. Woodcuts by Eric Gill. 125pp followed by one page of adverts. Loosely inserted to the front is a compliments card from Leonard Gray, Honorary Printer at the Friend's Press, Cambridge with a hand-written note initialled by him, to the rear. Further information available on request. (Ud5).…