Engravings Eric Gill, Signed (9 results)

First edition, first printing. One of 1350 copies. Large format. Fine in black boards with tooling to the front panel with cream cloth spine bearing gilt titles. Contained in bespoke slipcase. Prospectus and other related material laid in including a signed letter from Christopher Skelton.

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original cloth-backed boards with paper label to front panel. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED and inscribed by Sam Samuels. Physical description: 50 pages, illustrations, 22 cm. Subjects: Gill, Eric 1882-1940; Samuels, Samuel Art collections; Catalogues; Bibliography; Art Private collections. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Eric Gill (illustrator). First Edition. Inscribed by Editor. Inscribed on front end-paper: "To Barbara with the Editor's warmest regards October, 1937". printed by Hague & Gill Ltd. & publushed by Faber & Faber. A Middle English lyric in two parts; two texts are printed of each part, the first from Bodleian ms. Douce 322 and Brit. Mus. Additional ms. 37049; the second from Lambeth Library ms. 853 and Cambridge University Library ms. Hh. 4. 12. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 38 pages. Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Top edge gilt in good condition. Gilt titles spine. Some sunlight fading to colour of front & rear covers at edges . illustrated with four full-page wood engravings by Eric Gill. Illustrator: Eric Gill. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Fifteenth Century Literature; Medieval Literature; Religious Poetry; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Literature & Literary. Inscribed by Editor. Inventory No: 5378. Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth).

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original cloth-backed boards with paper label to front panel. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED and inscribed by Sam Samuels. Physical description: 50 pages, illustrations, 22 cm. Subjects: Gill, Eric 1882-1940; Samuels, Samuel Art collections; Catalogues; Bibliography; Art Private collections. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Joanna and printed on Abbey Mills paper by A.E. Harrison at Tinling & Co. Reproduction of an intaglio engraving as frontispiece. Brown paper-covered boards, linen back, title label superimposed on upper cover, Book label of Evan Gill. A fine copy. This copy signed by Evan R. Gill, A.E. Harrison, Roger Smith, 27.vi.63. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Number 107 of 300 (350) copies printed on Charles I handmade paper, signed by the author, bound in patterned boards, buckram spine strip with gilt spine titling. Lacks the laid in note concerning pricing entitled 'Second Thoughts', very slight darkening to top edge of boards. A very good copy indeed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. [Partial Colophon]: "Printed [-] at the Yellow Barn Press, [-] by Neil Shaver. The book was printed on a Vandercook press and handset in Eric Gill's 14 point Joanna. His Perpetua is the display face seen on the title page. A Gill Floriated Initial is used on page one. The paper is Mohawk Superfine Text, an archival quality paper. The pattern design used on the cover and endpapers was made for this edition by the wood engraver, John DePol. Incidentlly this volume is the fourth collaboration between John DePol and the Yellow Barn Press." 5 1/4 inches x 7 in., frontispiece portrait of Eric Gill by John DePol, title-page printed in dark blue and black; [6]pp., 15 pp., with the numbered colophon on the reverse of p. 15. Blue cloth with printed paper title labels mounted on the spine & front cover, dark blue, John DePol peacock design endpapers. This copy has been inscribed in ink on the reverse of the front endpaper: For [-] with best wishes April 11, 1990 [signed]: John DePol. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITION. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.2 inches). One of 350 copies, numbered and signed by Powys. Publishers green and white decorative paper covered boards with black buckram spine, lettered in gilt. A fine copy with the original prospectus loosely inserted. 300 ordinary copies were issued, numbered and signed by Powys and bound as this copy at 10s and 50 special copies, numbered 1-50, bound in quarter vellum, signed by Powys, and containing extra prints of the 2 engravings were issued at 30s. The prospectus shows the projected price for the ordinary copies (15s) crossed through and the new, lower price typed in. Although dated 1930 the book wasn't published until march 1931. --Evan Gill. Bibliography of Eric Gill. No. 394. Signed by Author(s).

A deluxe copy from the first 50 issued in a black morocco binding and with a suite of additional engravings, lacking one image. Full black morocco binding, top edge gilt; a little scuffed to edges; offsetting from glue used to secure the front pastedown. Vignette title and five engravings in the text with tissue guards printed on untrimmed leaves. Signed by Enid Clay and 'Eric G' and numbered on the limitation leaf to the rear. On the final leaf is a pocket for the additional images which has been slit open along the right edge. Additionally there are loose images printed on thick paper of: Marionette; The Housewife; Benediction and The Young Girl's Room - lacking A Baby. These have two of their own paper folders, labelled in a calligraphic hand: 'Eric Gill Engravings for Enid Clay's "The Constant Mistress"'. PROVENANCE: from the collection of a Palestinian woman living in Switzerland in the 1980s whose sister knew Eric Gill. A very good copy of a scarce issue of this book. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.