The Engraved Bookplates of Eric Gill, 1908-1940
Renton, Michael
Sold by Marc Sena Carrel, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since November 18, 2022
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketSold by Marc Sena Carrel, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since November 18, 2022
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketA charming collection of woodcut and otherwise engraved bookplates from the hand of Eric Gill. Publication No. 181 of The Book Club of California and one of 600 copies printed for the Club. First printing of the first edition, 1986. Printed in England. 8.75 x 6 inches. Bound in red cloth hardboards, and with crisp gilt lettering to the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail, and with sharp corners. Text block firmly bound in. Attractive light olive-colored pastedowns and FEP. With 79 numbered pages, including several pages of text and 53 pages of bookplates, all on cream stock. An impressively clean interior. Either unread or gently read. With the full-pictorial dust jacket, red and black lettering and design on beige. Note there are two very small losses at the bottom edge of the DJ front. A Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. 12 oz. A collection of reproductions of all fifty-three bookplates in their actual size engraved by Eric Gill [1882-1940] from 1908 to 1940. The book type has been set in Linotype Joanna by Nene Phototypesetters of Northampton, England. Printed at the September Press, Wellingborough, England. Bound by Smith-Settle of Otley, Yorkshire.
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