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Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Typophile Chap Book V, limited edition, number 415 of 850 numbered copies. With two illustrations by Eric Gill. An appreciation by D.B. Updike. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Description: Orig. red cloth spine and patterned paper over boards. Title in gilt to spine. Octavo 18 × 12 cm; pp. xvi, 100, [1]. Condition: Some minor wear to extremities. Internally, clean and free of marks.…

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. First edition, signed, limited to 250 copies of the regular edition, of which this is No. 141 (250 were bound in canvas with paper sides and 50 in full leather). With 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill. Signed by Eric Gill and Enid Clay on the colophon. The book is accompanied by the prospectus containing 2 engravings of the book edition. Description: Quarter cloth over light green paper boards, printed paper label to spine. Octavo: 22.5 × 15 cm, pp. 40 [1 (colophon)]. With 6 wood-engravings (1 to title and 5 within text). Printed from Caslon Old Face on unbleached hand-made paper. Inserted: Golden Cockerel Press Prospectus for 'The Constant Mistress': folded leaf, pp. 4. With 2 wood-engravings by Eric Gill. The specimen page displays the poem 'The Young Girl's Room' with its accompanying engraving. ¶ Ref.: Cave/Manson 101; Chanticleer 101 Condition: Some fading (as usual) and marks to boards, slight loss to edge of title label at spine. Internally, clean and free of marks. Prospectus clean with just a bare trace of toning at edges. A very attractive and well illustrated set. Notes: 'The Constant Mistress' was published as a companion volume to Clay's 'Sonnets & Verses', in a similar format, with new engravings by her brother Eric Gill. Signatur des Verfassers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. One of the most famous books published by Golden Cockerel Press. Description: 4 vols. Original quarter niger morocco over patterned papered boards, spines with raised bands, lettered in gilt, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Quarto: 32 × 20 cm; pp.: (vol.i): [4], 150, [2]; (vol.ii) [4] 188, [2], (vol.iii) [4] 196, [2], (vol.iv) [2] 218, [4]. With 1 full-page, 29 half-page and 269 decorated borders, tail-pieces, line-fillings and 61 initials engraved on wood by Eric Gill. Printed from 18 pt. Caslon Old Face, printed on Batchelor hand-made paper (nos. 16-500) in black, red and blue. Top edge gilt, others trimmed. No. 80 of a limited edition of 485 copies printed on Batchelor handmade paper from a total edition of 500 copies. Ref.: Cave/Manson 63; Chanticleer 63; Gill 281 Condition: Binding somewhat bumped and bruised at corners, spine occasionally stained. Fore-edges slightly dusty. Content clean and free of marks. Notes: Eric Gill's woodcuts for The Canterbury Tales demonstrate his keen understanding of the relationship between illustration and typography. Drawing on his experience as a type designer and his knowledge of medieval illuminated manuscript aesthetics, Gill combines images, ornaments, and text to create a cohesive visual design. Elaborately executed initials and accompanying scenes introduce the individual tales. The borders, composed of intertwining leaves and branches, feature figures of men, women, kings, priests, and nuns. These figures often allude to the narrative, and their gestures and postures range from solemn seriousness to playful irreverence and even erotic allusions. Gill's idiosyncratic depiction of the human body - often elongated or deliberately distorted - enables the figures to blend into the surrounding foliage. The woodcuts derive much of their character from the interplay of medieval ornamentation and modernist stylization. Gill's interpretation of Chaucer's bawdy humor is particularly evident in his unabashedly sensual depictions. These caused a stir in their time, yet they remain closely linked to their literary source. The woodcuts derive their expressiveness from the harmonious combination of technical precision and artistic expression. Therefore, it is fair to say that Gill's woodcuts are an outstanding contribution to Twentieth-century book illustration that has lost none of its impact to this day. …