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192319758Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige basket weave cloth front cover printed paper label. Fine. 26 pages. 17 x 13 1/2 cm. Title page with wood-engraving in red and eight total-engravings three by David Jones and six by Eric Gill -- containing two additional wood-engravings not noted in the GILL bibliography opposite pages 15 and 19 -- a house floating at sea with the holy ghost as Dove and a flowering potted plant respectively. No.40 of of St. Dominic's Press publications. GILL 87. TAYLOR & SEWELL A111. Clean very fresh copy. From the Library of Jacques Levy. St. Dominic's Press hardcover books
17083263n. p. n. d. Limited Edition. No binding. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 4 of 10 numbered and signed by Eric Gill. The Golden Cockerel Press published an edition of Chaucer's collection of lyric narratives "The Canterbury Tales" featuring wood engravings by Eric Gill 1882-1940; Gill designed initial capitals to begin each tale and borders fill the work throughout. <br/><br/>This print a proof print of "The Clerk's Tale" P656 on laid paper has one of Gill's classically sensual figures perched in a tree with an initial capital S that would begin the tale; the print is signed in pencil "Eric G" below the engraving with the limitation number also in his hand.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Thin cream laid paper top edge untrimmed printed in black; leaf including margins 7.75" by 11" engraving 5.25" by 8" in an edition of 10 this number 4 numbered and signed by Eric Gill.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine clean overall with a few very faint foxing marks to lower margin some light creasing around the edges. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Skelton P656.<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. unknown books
1927301546Abergavenny Shakespeare Head Press for Francis Walterson 1927. 1927. First edition. Small 8vo. Engraved woodcut frontispiece by David Jones and a small tail piece. Original gilt stamped blue cloth uncut and mostly unopened. Fine. No dust jacket. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 30 of 200 numbered copies signed by Eric Gill and David Jones on the limitation page. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Abergavenny, Shakespeare Head Press for Francis Walterson, 1927. hardcover books
1878001389Paris 1878-1881. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. 4to 29n by 19 cm. A complete run of 142 weekly installments of four page brochures of the most famous Frenchmen of the day and a few others such as Garibaldi each with a color lithograph caricature on the front page followed by a three page loose biography and appreciation. All of this is attractively bound in quarter red calf over marbled boards. Beginning with Victor Hugo figures covered include Leon Gambetta Sarah Bernhardt Alphonse Daudet Andre Gill himself Georges Clemenceau Louis Blanc Ferdinand DeLesseps and on and on. They come from all spheres of professional activity. Many are now obscure but even if you don't know the indvidual you can appreciate and enjoy the visual send-up of him. Tight and clean. A little shelfwear along edges of the boards. Minor scuffing of the calf and boards. <br/><br/> unknown books
193036916Piggots Near Speen Buckinghamshire: Printed by René Hague & Eric Gill 1930. One of 225 copies. 5 x 3-3/4 inches. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Gill. Single unsigned gathering of four leaves. 8 pp. 1 vols. Original blue wrappers. Fine. Gill Eric. One of 225 copies. 5 x 3-3/4 inches. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Gill. Single unsigned gathering of four leaves. 8 pp. 1 vols. The first book printed at Gill's home Piggots Buckinghamshire; and not offered for sale. Gill 283 Printed by René Hague & Eric Gill unknown books
22510911-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches; 10-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches. Matted framed and glazed. Mounted back to back. 11-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches; 10-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches. unknown books
1842WRCLIT67037Boston: William Crosby and Company 1842. 66pp. 12mo. Gilt calf and marbled boards a.e.g. Binding worn and boards neatly detached internally very good bound without wrappers. First edition Dickens's speech on the occasion appears on pp. 10-15 in company with the toasts greetings or messages by the Danas both elder and younger Holmes and many others. Uncommon. BAL 4437 633 8735n etc. ECKEL p.233. GIMBEL B112. WILSON II:480. CURRIER & TILTON p.560. William Crosby and Company hardcover books
19883566Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton at the September Press 1988. First Thus. Fine. Limited to 600 copies this being one of 480 unnumbered examples. Full black buckram by The Fine Bindery Limited. Spine with tan morocco label lettered in gilt top edge gilt. Housed in the publisher's felt-lined cream buckram slipcase. Folio 13 x 9 1/4 inches; 330 x 235 mm. collating 1 blank 1 imprint 268 1 1 blank 1 colophon 1 blankxiv 1 colophon 1 limitation with sixty-four wood-engraved initial letters and illustrations by Eric Gill counting the initial "N" on p. 8 and the lettering which goes with it as one illustration although they are actually from two separate blocks. Printed on St Cuthbert's Mould-made 140g half rag paper.<br/><br/>In a six-page note at the end of the volume Christopher Skelton writes: "This book is a reproduction version of The Four Gospels published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1931. I call it a reproduction version rather than a facsimile because that is what it is a copy produced by photo-lithography with no attempt to simulate the paper or binding of the original ." At the end of the book is Robert Gibbings's short four-page essay Memories of Eric Gill illustrated with photographs. "Conceived in the fruitful mind of Robert Gibbings this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves Bible and the Kelmscott Chaucer. A flower among the best products of English romantic genius it is also surely thanks to its illustrator Eric Gill the book among all books in which Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration" Blackmer. Fine. Christopher Skelton at the September Press unknown books
193217083234London: Printed by Hague & Gill Published by Sheed & Ward 1932. Limited Edition. Sewn binding. Near fine. Gill Eric. One of 500 copies duodecimo size 22 pp. inscribed by Eric Gill. This volume is a presentation copy with a nice association to Eric Gill's 1882-1940 sculptural work; here Gill articulates the purpose and artistry of sculpture of function as opposed to aesthetic appeal. <br/><br/>Inscribed on the front wrap near the author's printed name "To Edward Maufe Sept. 1932 from &" "by Eric Gill" printed and signed "ECG" in green ink to the last page of text. Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe 1882-1974 was a friend sometime collaborator and longtime patron of Gill. A renowned architect particularly esteemed for his work on places of worship and memorials in 1932 Maufe won a competition to design Guildford Cathedral; Gill's sculpture "St John the Baptist" resides above the cathedral's south door. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Pamphlet-stitched yellow wrappers printed in red and black with a wood engraving by Gill "Flames for Tree and Dog" P733a to rear wrapper frontispiece wood engraving by Gill "Artist and Mirror II" P837; duodecimo 6.75" by 4" pagination: 1-20 21-22.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Very good plus with clean wraps overall without edge wear but for slight creasing at the corners of the wraps the binding is tight the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; light toning to the wrappers and slight foxing to the page block. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 23. <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. Printed by Hague & Gill, Published by Sheed & Ward unknown books
17083239n. p. n. p. Limited Edition. No binding. Near Fine. Gill Eric. No. 39 of 50 numbered in pencil by Eric Gill. Lovely engraving on copper of Moira Gibbings by the inimitable Eric Gill 1882-1940 signed in the plate by Gill and numbered 39 of 50 in Gill's hand. Robert Gibbings took over the Golden Cockerel Press in 1924 and Gill supplied illustrations for the Press's major works "Canterbury Tales" and "Four Gospels" during Gibbings's tenure; the Gibbings were personal friends of Gill's as well. The engraving has a gentleness to it; the simple and understated line work form the beautiful detail of the portrait.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream laid paper watermarked "Hand Made" printed in black with a heavy block imprint; leaf 13" by 10" engraving 6.75" by 4.5". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine with only slight crimping to corners and edges from handling. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Skelton P296. <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. unknown books
1929234896Cassell & Co. Ltd. & Francis Walterson 1929. First edition 30 of 100 copies signed. With Gill woodcut on title page. x 324 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Fine in original maroon paper over boards damaged box. First edition 30 of 100 copies signed. With Gill woodcut on title page. x 324 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first use of "Perpetua" Type designed by Gill. Gill Bibliography 18 Cassell & Co., Ltd. & Francis Walterson unknown books
222135London Cassell & Co. Ltd. & Francis Walterson 1929. First edition. 8vo. Woodcut on title page. Original maroon cloth t.e.g. uncut. Fine. Enclosed in publishers box with printed label which is worn. No other signatures or bookplates. #76/100 numbered copies signed by Gill in black fountain pen ink on the colophon page. Gill #18. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. hardcover books
184227245.2Boston: William Cosby and Company 1842. 1st separate appearance BAL 8735n; Gimbel B112; Kitton 1; Tilton p. 560. Original buff printed wrappers. Custom red cloth chemise with leather title label to spine. Period pos 2. Faint tide lines to text upper margin. A respectable VG copy. Case - VG with two bookplates 'Frank Maier' & 'Thomas Wallace'. 2 66 pp. Dickens' speech recorded on pp. 10 - 15. Holmes' 'Song' p. 33. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>This dinner was sponsored by a committee of 'Young Men of Boston' who had extended their invitation to the also young but already famous author before he left England. The dinner was held in Papanti's Hall with Josiah Quincy Jr as Chair who was ably assisted by Oliver Wendell Holmes & Nathan Hale Jr; the young James T. Fields was a guest. Also in attendance was "Josiah Quincy Sr the president of Harvard Washington Allston the poet & artist; George Bancroft the Historian & Richard Henry Dana Jr. . Letters were read from Prescott Washington Irving William Ellery Channing Judge Story and others regretting their inability to be there." In his remarks Dickens introduced the subject of International Copyright a topic dear to his heart if not those in attendance. This was one of the first salvos in a battle that was to rage for decades and the local papers were not slow to respond saying Dickens' remarks were in bad taste for a social gathering & charged him with creating a "huge dissonance". Evidently the future prominent Boston publisher Mr Fields thought Nevermind with respect to the copyright issue for he is known to have written shortly thereafter "Was there ever such a night before in our staid city" and he would later become a staunch friend to and publisher of the 'Inimitable'. cf. Johnson. DICKENS pp. 374-376. After the dinner Dickens wrote Forster "It was a most superb affair and the speaking admirable." Per Fielding Dickens "left Boston on 5 February with happier memories of his visit there than of anywhere else in America when four months later he returned to England." Fielding. SPEECHES Of DICKENS. p. 22. Scarce. Only 2 cc at auction in the past 25 years the last being 1998. This only the second copy we've ever been able to offer in the 20 years we've been handling Dickens material. William Cosby and Company hardcover books
192720372Capel-Y-Ffin Abergavenny: Francis Walterson 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter red buckram spine green/blue mottled batik boards spine lettered in gilt. Near fine. Gill Eric. 21 pages. 22 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition copy 116 of 150 signed by Eric Gill hand printed on Batchelor hand-made paper by the Chiswick Press with wood engravings by Eric Gill. Introduction by John O'Connor noting the author composed this piece in a Toledo cell. GILL 280. Clean bright copy backstrip slightly sunned. Francis Walterson hardcover books
15424London n.d. Fine. 5 1/2” x 3 3/8”. Black ink on blank commercial postcard dat- ed “6-25-50” to verso. From the collection of the eminent art his- torian and author Ladislas Segy. Faint mounting residue to verso. Else fine. <br/><br/>Guided by an entity she named “Myninterest” London housewife and spiritualist Madge Gill 1882– 1961 began making art in 1919 and thereafter created hundreds of automatic Dada-esque drawings predominantly ink from the postcard size here to long rolls of muslin. It has been suggested that Gill used her drawing to communicate with her children two of which died in infancy. She was a favorite of many outsider art proponents including Jean Dubuffet and Gill was a subject in Compagnie de l’Art Brut’s classic monograph series. unknown books
197014433Poughkeepsie NY ca. 1970. Near fine. Two albums each oblong 4to. Measuring approximately 10.25” x 7” with 155 color photographs loosely mounted rectos only in corners. Album 1: Green faux-leather covers gilt title decoration to front sting bound 59 black paper leaves each with two photographs recto mounted 118 prints total; well preserved near fine. Album 2: Ivory faux-leather covers gilt title decoration to front 20 black paper leaves 19 with recto mounted photographs most two to a page final leaf blank; crease through center of front cover otherwise clean contents near fine. <br/><br/>A fantastic pair of albums capturing 1970 Poughkeepsie NY area regional country music acts venues and patrons. Prints almost entirely uniform in size measuring approximately 3.5” square many date stamped outside the image area. The first album shows spots in and around Poughkeepsie primarily the Brand X Corral bar on Rt. 94 in Vails Gate NY. Acts include Gil Rogers whose albums we suspect these were based on internal evidence The Country Cousins and Country Skyline. The second album follows Rogers down to West Virginia for his performance during the 1970 Eastern States Country Music Convention on the famed WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling’s Capitol Theater. Rogers recorded a handful of honky-tonk singles in the early 1970’s on the Stop label and enjoyed regional success as a performer for decades. These amateur images show the elaborate stage dress music gear and social settings of Woodstock-era country music. That famed festival was held less than a year earlier and some 35 miles from where most of the images shown here were snapped though one could be forgiven for guessing they were taken years and miles apart. An album that demonstrates how this blue collar form adhered to traditions and fans throughout the cultural sea changes of the late 1960s and early 70s and a colorful portrait of a working regional musician. hardcover books
195108749Cambridge: Addson-Welsley Press Inc 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Octavo. With special reference to the EDSAC and the uses of a library of subroutines. 167 2pp Bound in original cloth. This was the first textbook written on the subject of computers computer programming and software. Wilkes Director of the Mathematical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge designed and built the EDSAC-the first storage program computer with the assistance of Wheeler and Gill for Cambridge University. A near fine copy with neat owner's name on front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Addson-Welsley Press, Inc hardcover books
2010CNJL1030Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Gill Eric. No. 11 of 60 numbered copies folio size ca. 24 pp. in each volume. An innovative two-volume publication by The Old Stile Press reprinting the original Golden Cockerel Press edition in one volume and printing for the first time an "alternative version" using Eric Gill's alternate illustrations from his copper engravings. Of the five illustrations in the original Golden Cockerel edition - "God Sending" "Earth Waiting" "Earth Inviting" "Dalliance" and "Earth Receiving" - Gill made alternative plates of four although only three were advertised in the note to subscribers laid in at the rear of that edition. <br/><br/>These alternative illustrations "basically follow the composition of the published versions but the male and female figures already naked in the published versions are presented in a state of realism which would clearly have been unexpected and in many quarters unacceptable at that time" per the Preface. Both volumes follow the pagination of the Golden Cockerel edition but employ a larger page size and Gill's Ariel typeface. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Patterned paper over boards gilt stamped spine in a matching slipcase. Folio 12-1/2" x 9-1/2" pagination: unnumbered approximately 24 pages per volume; this no. 11 of 60 copies plus 15 hors commerce.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine clean and crisp condition in a near fine slipcase with only minor rubbing to edges.<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 Old Stile Press hardcover books
193422688London: n.p. 1934. Wood engraving being number 2 of 20 proofs numbered and signed "Eric G" in pencil along lower edge of image; single off-white sheet measuring 9.1 x 5.5 inches printed in black and showing an unmade bed bookcase window small table and rug from a variety of perspectives making for an Escher-esque viewing experience; a few small brown spots in the generous lower margin not affecting image otherwise very good. "The Empty Bed" appears on page 39 of The Constant Mistress Golden Cockerel Press 1934 by Gill's sister Enid Clay illustrating the poem "The Young Girl's Room." Gill Bibliography 293. <br/><br/> n.p. unknown books
1952239329High Wycombe: Hague Gill & Davey Ltd 1952. First edition. 70 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue cloth. Near Fine. Very Rare. First edition. 70 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. see Gill 54a Hague Gill & Davey Ltd unknown books
1936303936Pigotts North Dean High Wycombe 1936. 1 p. each annotations in another hand at bottom of one. 8vo. Old folds letter of July 2 unevenly toned. 1 p. each annotations in another hand at bottom of one. 8vo. To the secretary of the Men's Dress Reform Party. Three letters to Dr. Alfred Charles Jordan 1872-1956 British radiologist co-founder of the New Heath Society and Honorary Secretary of the Men's Dress Reform Party. In the letter of June 9 Gill agrees to present a copy of his book Clothes 1931 at the upcoming revel of the MDRP and says he's asked his publisher Cape to send a copy for him to autograph. In the letter of June 17 he encloses the book and thanks Jordan for tickets to the event saying he will "certainly come . unless run over or in jug." In the letter of July 2 he writes "I did enjoy the evening at Suffolk St. very much. But I was sorry so many of the men were merely in 'fancy' dress." He also accepts Jordan's invitation to have his name added to the organization's permanent committee. Accompanying the group is a Typed Letter Signed of Gill dated May 13 1936 in which Gill requests four issues of the MDRP publication. <br/><br/>The subtitle of Gill's "Clothes" is "An essay upon the nature and significance of the natural and artificial integuments worn by men and women." In it Gill presents many ideas on dress reform for both men and women among which was his advocacy the skirt or tunic by both men and women a style that Gill himself adopted.<br/><br/>The Men's Dress Reform Party was active from 1929-1940 and grew out of discussions within the Clothing Subcommittee of the New Health Society which had been co-founded by Dr. Jordan in 1925. For a history of the MDRP including Dr. Jordan's role in it see Barbara Burman "Better and Brighter Clothes" Journal of Design History Vol. 8 No. 4 1995 pp. 275-290. unknown books
1927173474Bristol England: Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerell Press Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire for Douglas Cleverdon 1927. Limited to 260 copies the first 35 of which are signed by the artist on the limitation statement and contain an extra set of engravings in the rear. Full vellum on boards warped. Gilt title on spine untrimmed and mostly unopned sheets. printed on Batchelor hand made paper with oak leaf watermark. 26 pp. 6 copperplate etchings and 6 additional duplicates in folding envelope inside rear cover. Evan Gill in his bibliography notes the following: Although the printing was completed on June 30th 1927 the book wasn't published until march 1928. 225 ordinary copies were issued numbered and signed by Gill and bound in black buckram at 21 shillings and 35 special copies numbered 1-35 bound in full vellum and signed by Gill were issued at 2 quineas although 25 of the ordinary and 5 of the special edition were not for sale. --Evan Gill. Bibliography of Eric Gill. No. 14. This copy has soiled endpapersa and a somewhat soiled and warped vellum cover. All plates present and clean. Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerell Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, for Douglas Cleverdon hardcover books
1842317198Boston: William Crosby and Company 1842. First edition. 66 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed biscuit wrappers. Some light spotting to edges faintest soiling to wrappers. Fine copy in black morocco-backed slipcase and cloth wrapper. First edition. 66 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "It is not easy for a man to speak of his own books. I dare say that few persons have been more interested in mine than I ."<br/>An account of this dinner celebrating Dickens' appearance in New York by two reporters from The Morning Post. Dickens's speech on the occasion is given on pp. 10-15. Gimbel B112. Provenance: book label of Frederick Spiegelberg his sale Anderson Galleries 3-4 November 1937 William Crosby and Company unknown books
1927303935Villa des Palmiers Salies-de-Béarn France 1927. 2 pp. in green ink. 4to. Some wrinkling closed tear to blank margin slight toning old folds. 2 pp. in green ink. 4to. With architectural drawings and referencing Troilus & Criseyde. Gill writes to his friend J.G. Wilson of the Bumpus Bookshop in London regarding his engraving "Flying Buttresses" mentioning his work on Troilus & Criseyde for the Golden Cockerel Press and mentioning another of his publishers. An excellent technical letter with 5 small drawings in the text. In part: "I am working like anything on the engravings for the Golden Cockerel Troilus & Criseyde. I expect to finish the engravings by about Easter . I shall come and see you as soon as possible to talk over things and explain how it happened that D. Cleverdon is publishing my next . Meanwhile this is just to make a brief apology for myself in the matter of the Buttresses! Is matter of fact they aren't so blooming wrong in the engraving as your correspondent thinks. It's the perspective which makes the difficulty." The engraving in question is "Flying Buttresses" based on a drawing of St. Pierre Chartes used to illustrated Gill's 1926 essay "Id Quod Visum Placet." Gill uses the rest of the letter to explain with the aid of five small sketches why the perspective is in fact correct. Douglas Cleverdon the Bristol bookseller and publisher brought out Gill's Art and Love in 1927 as well as a collection of his engravings in 1929. unknown books
2003140941422Washington D.C. & Philadelphia: American Onithologists' Union & Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2003. First Edition. Fine. A complete set in 716 original parts each one staple bound in wraps housed in 18 of publishers' leather slipcases with labels. All Table of Contents errata corrigenda slipcases and labels included. First edition. Parts Fine with occasional slight curling to spines from storage. Slipcases have minor shelf wear and a little faint creasing else Fine. A massive undertaking with each species of North American bird having its own part. One of 2400 copies of the series. American Onithologists' Union & Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia unknown books
