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19291071404to. Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon 1929. 4to xii 49 5 pp. With an extra suite of the engravings on Japon wood-engraved self-portrait and 103 plates a few printed in red or red and black additional plates loose as issued in pocket at end. Original de luxe binding of quarter vellum. A very good copy. Bookplate of R.L. Langdon-Down. § Limited to 80 de luxe copies signed by Gill with the extra suite on Japon of all the plates printed from the original blocks from a total edition of 490. The de luxe copy of a scarce title - the first collection of Gill's work including his magnificent illustrations for several Golden Cockerel Press books as well as designs for the St. Dominic's Press and many other ephemeral pieces all printed from the original blocks. Evan Gill 17. Douglas Cleverdon hardcover books
1931317876n.p. but actually St. Lawrence Waltham: The Golden Cockerel Press 1931. Number 473 of 488 numbered copies printed on Batchelor handmade paper from a total edition of five hundred copies. 64 wood-engraved illustrations and initials printed from the blocks by Eic Gill. 1 vols. Small folio. Three quarter white pigskin and tan polished buckram raised bands t.e.g. by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Some light soiling and faintest traces of rubbing to spine. Fine copy. Gill Eric. Number 473 of 488 numbered copies printed on Batchelor handmade paper from a total edition of five hundred copies. 64 wood-engraved illustrations and initials printed from the blocks by Eic Gill. 1 vols. Small folio. Gill's Masterpiece. One of Eric Gill's masterpieces as an illustrator. "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 . the book among all books in which the Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration" Chanticleer. Gill Eric Gill 285; Chanticleer 78; Artist & the Book 122; From Manet to Hockney 89 The Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
19291068034to. Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon 1929. 4to xii 49 5 pp. Frontispiece and 103 plates showing 147 engravings. Original black cloth gilt vignette to upper cover hinges cracked but the covers still firmly attached by the ties. In a new quarter calf folding box. § Limited to 400 copies from a total edition of 490 this copy not numbered. Gill's own copy with his bookplate and filled with corrections and annotations to the List of Engravings plus a marginal note to his Introduction. The Prospectus for this work is loosely inserted with Gill's pencil calculations to the final page as to how much money each variant of the edition will bring in - a total of £3192 plus a press cutting and a couple of other pieces of ephemera inserted as well. The ultimate copy of a scarce title - the first collection of Gill's work including his magnificent illustrations for several Golden Cockerel Press books as well as designs for the St. Dominic's Press and many other ephemeral pieces. Gill's Preface sets out his unique philosophy concluding with two pages of Latin. "Whatever may be said of life it remains that in art desire may be feeble or insufficient but it can never be wrong; it is the intellect that makes mistakes". Next to the sentence "Being a Catholic I naturally accepted the Catholic faith - as one intending to go to Peterborough naturally takes the train there" Gill has written "Why Peterboro' because it was in the train to Peterboro' that this part of this preface was written. EG". The list of engravings has a number of annotations and corrections inserting 6 engravings not mentioned into the list expanding on descriptions and changing some sizes and titles. Evan Gill 17. Douglas Cleverdon hardcover books
19151071844to 13 x 10. Ditchling Sussex: Douglas Pepler 1915. 4to 13 x 10.5 inches. Woodcut title-page with triangular device enclosing the letters HDCP EG 1915. Original printed blue paper wrappers slightly soiled and spotted internally perfect. Enclosed in a quarter blue morocco box. § First printing limited edition; this is # 14 of 15 on Japanese paper printed on one side of the leaf only and signed by Eric Gill in pencil. These emblems were engraved for the "Devil's Devices or Control versus Service" a book written by Douglas Pepler HDCP and published at the Hampshire House Workshops Hammersmith London on Saint Thomas' day 1915. Douglas Pepler unknown books
196431239Eureka: Hearse Press 1964. First edition. Paperback. Fine. First edition. A collection of forty-two separate broadsides of various sizes laid into a printed thick paper portfolio. All elements in fine condition. These broadsides published between 1960 and 1964 and included here in toto for the first time. One of 150 copies. Notable for the inclusion of Waste Basket His Wife The Painter The Old Man On The Corner and The Paper On The Floor four broadsides by Charles Bukowski. Although not called for All FOUR OF THE BUKOWSKI BROADSIDES ARE SIGNED. The first example of any of these that we have found signed. Some of Buk's earliest work. Hearse Press paperback books
1928107174Very slim small 8vo. London: Lanston Monotype Corp. for Eric Gill 1928. Very slim small 8vo 17 3 pp. Original black buckram as new. Bookplate by David Jones of Walter Shewring. § A true rarity limited to 55 copies and so inscribed in ink at the back by Eric Gill. Only two copies have sold at auction in the last 40 years; a handful of Institutional copies are noted. The book is a tiny treasure -- the title-page has a lovely device printed in red and the colophon has a large woodcut map of the location of Pigotts where Gill lived and worked at that time. Lanston Monotype Corp. for Eric Gill hardcover books
19282221843<p>SUPERB WATERCOLOR COCKTAIL SCENE</p><p>Fine original watercolor and pencil drawing of a crowded patio sidewalk cafe scene with 21 standing and seated figures smartly dressed enjoying cocktails as their waiters circulate. In the back ground are two vignettes bar scenes with shelves stocked with various liqueurs. In one vignette a man sips his cocktail at the bar. This may well be the Cafe-de la Terrasse near the French village of Salies-de-Bearn where Eric Gill and daughter Joanna spent time in 1928. 11" x 15 1/4". Signed in lower left corner and dated 1928. Very good several small pin holes.</p><p>From the collection of Eric Gill. Previously sold at Sotheby's London in the 1980's.</p><p>See pages 217-218 in Fiona MacCarthy's 1989 Eric Gill book for details of Joanna's Eric Gill's time in Salies-de-Bearn.</p> unknown books
1934132838London UK: Faber & Faber Ltd 1934. cloth. 12.75" x 10.25" cloth. 102 engravings. One of 300 copies. With a preface by the engraver. Printed by Hague & Gill at High Wycombe. Green cloth over boards; title in gilt on spine. Two pages slightly torn at the fore-edge. Minor bump to the head of the spine else in find condition. Gill: 27 A handsome set in very good condition. In new matching leather-trimmed slipcases. Faber & Faber Ltd 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
