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193918041701London: James Clarke & Co. Ltd 1939. Wraps. Near fine. Gill Eric. A small book by the inimitable printmaker and typographer Eric Gill 1882-1940 in which he makes a case for socialism and social justice through the lens of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; each stage of his crucifixion is examined and explored as it relates to contemporary social and economic issues. <br/><br/>This book features a wood engraving by Gill of Jesus Christ carrying the cross done in simple line work carved into the block.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Green paper wraps dark navy lettering and wood engraving by Eric Gill on the front wrap dark navy lettering on the spine title page with same wood engraving as the front wrap; sixteenmo 6.5" by 4" pagination: i-iv 1-21. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean wraps a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; spine is sunned shallow crease to the front wrap very slight wear to the corners and slight cracking at the gutter of pages 16 and 17 but text block is still strong.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 40.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. James Clarke & Co. Ltd unknown books
1977005079Scribner's 1977. Book. Very Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very fine copy in a fine plus jacket.First McGarr Book. Author's Third Book. Great copy. Scribner's Hardcover books
1950010268Doubleday 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Book.Excellent Fresh Copy. $3.00 on flap.Beautiful Copy. Doubleday Hardcover books
27808GILL Eric. A BOOK OF ALPHABETS FOR DOUGLAS CLEVERDON. Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton 1987. Large 8vo. Cloth spine and tips boards slipcase. 15 2 pages 28 plates. 1 of 550 copies. Fine. unknown books
1931291347London: Jonathan Cape 1931. First. hardcover. very good. Gill Eric. With ten diagrams engraved by the Author. 197 pages 12mo light blue cloth; spine evenly sunned and with some spotting on covers. London: Jonathan Cape 1931. First edition. A very good sturdy copy internally clean.<br/><br/> Jonathan Cape unknown books
1920D7568Ditchling Sussex: Saint Dominic's Press n.d. c. 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Buckram lettered and illustrated in black on upper board; 12mo; pp. 41. Buckram a little foxed; spine tips and corners very gently rubbed. A nice copy. <br/><br/> Saint Dominic's Press hardcover books
1920201437Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press 1920. First. paperback. fine. Gill Eric. Small 8vo printed wrappers uncut & unopened. Ditchling Sussex: St. Dominic's Press n.d ca.1920. Fine.<br/><br/> Welfare Handbook No. 4. Contains one wood engraving by Eric Gill<br/><br/> St. Dominic's Press unknown books
19385440London: J.M. Dent 1938. First edition. Original Wraps. Orig. salmon wrappers printed inblue. Fine in the original printed matching sleeve. Latter is lightly spotted very good. Tegetmeier Denis. Unpaginated approximately 24 pages. Text by Gill with eleven full-page illustrations by Denis Tegetmeier his son-in-law. Printed by Hague & Gill for Dent. An usually crisp copy but more important the often lacking printed sleeve is present and more than serviceable. GILL37. J.M. Dent unknown books
1951Embry 183026J. M. Dent & Sons 1951. Fine in near fine moderately toned price-clipped dust jacket in mylar cover. J. M. Dent & Sons, 1951. unknown books
38876Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication n.d. x. b/w ills. vi-232 pp. <br/><br/>Western Polynesia including New Hebrides New Caledonia. "Pearls of wisdom from Gill on the attributes of a Christian versus a savage lifestyle. In spite of the title this work is concerned with description and travel."Hill 703. An attractive copy bound in original gilt decorated and blindstamped cloth lightly sunned. Text and wood engraved illustrations are bright. Presbyterian Board of Publication hardcover books
200526796London: Nobody Books 2005. Fine in an almost fine jacket. Limited Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by Gill. An edition of 1000 copies. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Victoria Miro Gallery London. London: Nobody Books unknown books
1951146938London: Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Limited. 1951. Octavo cover by Ray Theobald pictorial wrappers. First edition. Strange events on Earth and out beyond Pluto lead investigators to conclude that an invasion of the solar system is at hand. "A well-written and complex story of alien invasion nicely understated." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 06398. Harbottle and Holland A214. A fine copy. #146938 Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Limited. unknown books
1951146939London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. 1951. Octavo cover by Ray Theobald pictorial wrappers. First edition. Earth and Venus go to war over a fuel found on Venus. ". shoddy space opera." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 07553. Harbottle and Holland A257. Short closed tear at bottom left corner of front cover else a fine copy. #146939 Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. unknown books
1951145381London: Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. 1951. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Blue Men hostile alien space pirates hijack Earth transport vessels on the newly opened route between Earth and Tanus. "Another of the atrociously written space operas by Hughes essentially a transplanted western." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 07550. Harbottle and Holland A254. small chip from lower spine end a bright very good or better copy. #145381 Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. unknown books
196724887NY: Horizon Press 1967. Hardcover. Very good. 67pp. Small ink name on front free endpaper otherwise very good in a lightly rubbed jacket. Uncommon in cloth. <br/><br/> Horizon Press hardcover books
1986CNJL1016Council Bluffs: The Yellow Barn Press 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric; DePol John. No. 58 of 200 copies reprinted from the S. Dominic's Press edition of 1921 with prospectus. The fourth collaboration of John DePol and Yellow Barn Press this volume contains an essay by Eric Gill 1882-1940 in which he argues the purpose of dress and vanity among the sexes. With a new frontispiece woodcut portrait of Eric Gill by DePol and two woodcuts by Gill throughout the essay; includes the prospectus for the book and an extra spine label laid in at the first page of the text. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full bright blue cloth paper label with a John DePol design in light blue and white with title in black on the front board white paper spine label with black lettering endpapers patterned in the same DePol peacock design in deep navy frontispiece woodcut illustration of Eric Gill by John DePol with two additional woodcuts by Eric Gill throughout title page text is in Gill's Perpetua in navy and black and a Gill Floriated initial is used on page one; Gill's 14 pt. Joanna type Mohawk Superfine Text paper duodecimo size 7" by 5.25" pagination: i-vi 1-15 1 colophon one of 200 copies this number 58. With the prospectus a bifolium of white paper printed in black and navy.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges and the interior is clean and bright; a slight soiling mark on the front board but boards are clean overall and a small P. O. address label from a prior owner on the verso of the rear free endpaper. The prospectus is very good plus clean with colours bright lightly crimped to upper corner else fine. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Yellow Barn Press hardcover books
1855WRCAM6466Philadelphia 1855. 285pp. plus plates. Frontis. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Boards and spine moderately faded. Contemporary church library bookplate on front free endpaper. Textblock somewhat shaken. Occasional minor dampstaining and foxing. A good copy. Christianity vs. savagery. "In spite of the title this work is concerned with description and travel and relates the history of the Christian missions in Melanesia." - Hill. HILL 703 another ed. hardcover books
1929186215Ditchling Common Sussex England: St. Dominic's Press 1929. Hardcover. Good light shelfwear overall and foxing spots to boards pages are clean and clear. Tan paper over boards with black lettering and illustration; black cloth spine; iv 43 pp; untrimmed pages bw illustrations. Introduction and appendix by Eric Gill. St. Dominic's Press hardcover books
1935WRCLIT52522Windham CT: Hawthorn House 1935. Cloth. First edition of the author's first book limited to only one hundred and sixty copies. A properly deaccessioned institutional duplicate indicated only by rather messy bookplate removal from pastedowns. Otherwise very good and bright. Hawthorn House hardcover books
1980E1003901Lippincott 1980-08-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. ISigned by Authors. Signed by Authors Signed by Author 0690018932 Signed & Limited Edition- #178 of 345 - Signed by both Brendan Gill and Derry Moore First Edition stated In slipcase Only minor shelf wear clean good binding no marks or notations. Lippincott hardcover books
1912222598New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1912. 1912. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with line drawings in text. Original gilt stamped green cloth. Very good. Small bookplate of Jeffrey Norton on the front pastedown. The first American book on the dry fly. Burns: "A book which helped shape methods and thoughts on trout fishing with a dry fly in America.". F. Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. hardcover books
1940D7570London: Hague & Gill 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue cloth lettering stamped in silver on spine illustration stamped in silver on upper board; blue dust jacket printed in red; 8vo; pp. xv plus 36 plates. Spine tips and corners gently rubbed; a little bubbling in the cloth; very light foxing along edges of text block nowhere infringing upon the text or images. Dust jacket a little sunned and wrinkled along spine and edges; very light chipping at spine tips and corners; not price-clipped. <br/><br/> Hague & Gill hardcover books
19343117London: Lovat Dickson 1934. 4to. Printed wrappers on smooth paper folded uncut. Announcement and specimen pages for "The Seven Deadly Virtues" with two full-size illustrations in line by Tegetmeier. <br/><br/> Lovat Dickson unknown books
1953WRCLIT79447London: Cassell & Co. 1953. Large octavo. Cloth. Portrait illustrations and facsimiles. First edition. Foreword by Walter Shewring. One of 1000 numbered copies. Forecorners slightly bumped a few faint rubs to cloth but a very good copy without dust jacket. Cassell & Co. hardcover books
1954D7645London: Neville Spearman 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Red cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; illustrated dust jacket; small 4to; pp. 8 plus 24 sketches reproduced on the recto only. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly rubbed and dust-soiled; small chips at spine tips and corners; VG in mylar. The sketches are amongst Gill's first life drawings of nude men and women offering a glimpse of the artist's early work at the outset of his career. <br/><br/> Neville Spearman hardcover books
