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190831472London: John Hogg The Macmillan Company 1908. Hardcover. Stated "Second Edition Revised." 4.75 x 7.5in. xxxii. 510pp. "8pp. examples in red & black and 24pp. of collotypes." Publisher's quarter buckram over paper-covered boards. Signed and inscribed by the author Edward Johnston at the half-title page: "Given to H.C.D.C. by E.J. 14. June 1908." Directly above the inscription is the former owner's initials in gold leaf designed cut and "worked in" by Johnston himself. The former owner Henry C. D. Chorlton 1887-1929 was an artist and member of the Northern Art Workers Guild who visited Johnson at his home in Hammersmith. His bookplate at the front paste-down briefly details the visit and Johnston's extraordinary gift of a monogram in manuscript. An extraordinary copy of the masterpiece by the father of modern calligraphy which remains the definitive history and manual of the art. VERY GOOD. Shows an additional small bookplate noting this book at one time bequeathed to Chorlton's niece at the back paste-down bookplates for the Athenaeum Graphic Club and Baylis House the book itself with slight handling and shelf wear marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities fore-edge alone is lightly foxed slightly over-opened at the signature otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured. John Hogg | The Macmillan Company hardcover
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
192523979Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press 1925. Hardcover. Orig. white buckram spine lettered in gilt. Very good. 43 pages. 26 1/2 x 20 cm. Twenty wood engravings by Eric Gill. Printed in black and red in Caslon O.F. Limited edition copy 441 of 750 on Batchelor hand-made paper. CHANTICLEER 31. Humbert Wolfe in his Introduction to "Chanticleer." notes "The type and paper of `The Song of Songs' are both beyond praise. GILL 275. Mostly unopened spine darkened covers a bit dusty interior contents immaculate. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
2020Manohar-9780367459260Routledge India 2020. Hardcover. New. Routledge (India) hardcover
2020Manohar-9780367459260Routledge India 2020. Hardcover. New. Routledge (India) hardcover
33495Melbourne : James J. Blundell between 1852 and 1855. Illustrated letter paper 182 x 115 mm bifolium with lithographed letterhead reproducing one of the plates from S.T. Gill's Sketches of the Victoria gold diggings and diggers as they are Melbourne : Macartney & Galbraith August 1852; lithographed image including captions 90 x 90 mm; the rear blank side has a light hinge mark but this is an exceptionally fine example. This illustrated letter paper reproduces a slightly modified version of goldfields artist S.T. Gill's Diggers shipping from Melbourne: the detail in the notices on the wall in the shipping office is omitted and the lithograph includes a second calligraphic caption which does not appear in the original version. According to Shar Jones 'at least forty-six vignettes were lithographed for letterheads with wry explanatory captions.' DAAO A rare piece of printed ephemera from the early Victorian gold rush era. We can locate no other example of this particular letter paper in Australian collections. References : DEUTSCHER Chris. Painters and engravers from the gold-fields. Focusing on Victoria: the 1850s onwards. Melbourne : Deutscher Fine Art 1983 p. 44 BOWDEN K. M. Samuel Thomas Gill : artist. Maryborough 1971 p. 121  unknown
195111068Cambridge MA: Addison-Wesley Press 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. "The first textbook on computer programming." OOC 1030 <br /> First edition first printing label of Scientific Computing Service Limited London the English distributors tipped onto the title page. Mimeo errata sheet often missing tipped into rear endpapers. Wilkes was director of the Mathematical Laboratory of the Univ. of Cambridge and with Wheeler and Gill EDSAC at Cambridge. <br /> "One of the most influential textbooks of this early era . The form of constructing programs and how they should be linked together to form a load module as described in this book reappears many times for different computers being constructed in different countries. It provided the basic ideas as to how one should go about creating a computing system rather than simply providing a bit of hardware to be used only by a few specialists." Williams 1985 337. Minor shelf/edge wear distributor ticket on title page errata tipped in at rear gilt at spine toned else tight bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards gilt lettering. 8vo. 167 plus Index. Addison-Wesley Press hardcover
193422688London 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. unknown
DADAX194725314XDirt Road Books 2017-12-05. paperback. New. 5.00x0.73x7.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Dirt Road Books paperback
1942143674London: Printed by Alf Cooke Ltd for the British Information Services 1942. Very Good. London Printed by Alf Cooke Ltd for the British Information Services 1942. A colour lithographed map printed surface 488 × 734 mm sheet size 502 × 748 mm. Paper a little tanned; pin holes near the corners; several short splits and tears expertly sealed with a few tiny marginal tears; a very good copy with light creases where originally folded in eight as issued. This attractive pictorial map shows Australia's mineral and agricultural contributions to the allied war effort during the Second World War. The cartouche at the bottom right reads: 'In War and Peace. Australia's industrial resources have been completely reorganised to meet war-time demands. Her factories are now turning out armaments of many types and aircraft including fighters and bombers. Her shipbuilding programme includes destroyers minesweepers and merchant vessels. In addition Australia is contributing to a great wheat pool which will help to feed the starving peoples of Europe when the war is over'. <p>This example has the ink stamp of the 'Australian News and Information Bureau An agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia 610 Fifth Avenue New York N.Y.' on the verso. <p>MacDonald Gill 1884-1947 British 'Mapmaker Graphic Designer Letterer & Architect . was commissioned by the Ministry of Information to design maps showing natural resources and to create graphics for several propaganda and military training films' MacDonald Gill website. He produced similar maps of other British dominions. Printed by Alf Cooke Ltd for the British Information Services unknown
193164585London: Sheed & Ward 1931. 8vo.Limited Edition. iv 121 pp. bound in red cloth with orginal jacket bound to the rear. Slight rubbing to the boards. Fresh and bright internally with a firm binding. Illustrated with typography examples throughout. One of a limited run of 500 signed by the author Eric Gill and the printer Rene Hague. This copy includes a letter from Gill on Piggotts notepaper agreeing to design a bookplate for Morley Kennerley which is pasted to the front pastedown. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. Limited Edition. 1931. Sheed & Ward 1931 hardcover
1925118891925. Original wood engraving in the first state initialled by the artist EG. Image size 9.5 x 5 cms. Mounted. A very good well-inked impression.A gentle and tender image of the Madonna and Child.<br>The second state is the only one that appears in Physick.Physick 340 The very rare first state not in Physick unknown
1934118971934. Original wood engraving numbered 9/15 and signed by the artist in pencil as ‘EricG’. A fine proof printed on hand-made paper. 8.5 x 13.6 cm. FramedThe engraving was made for the frontispiece forThe Lost Child and Other Stories by Mulk Raj Anand and published by Messrs. J.A. Allen & Co. in 1934.Physick 855 One of 15 signed proofs unknown
GOR005013902Paperback. Good. paperback
PJH52911Nobody London 2008. Contents Fine in worn and rubbed ex - Hackney Library Music Score title. Number 19 of a limited edition of 130 copies signed by Gill. Letterpress Printing 15 C - type hand prints shoe print bicycle print and sun-etched lino print. Nobody (London) 2008 unknown
190943224London: John Hogg 1909. First edition first impression. Laid-in is a two-page autograph letter signed on the back of printed galleys from Mervyn Horder prominent composer and at the time chairman and managing director of Gerald Duckworth & Co. Publishers to the artist and illustrator Gwen Raverat. The letter concerns the commission of a press mark featuring the letter D and a duck; included are some trials by the artist which Horder is returning with further suggestions. Gwen Raverat a highly accomplished artist was one of the foremost revivers of wood-engraving as a fine art in the 20th century and her skill is evident in the small sketches supplied. Folio. 16 plates laid into the linen-backed portfolio blue boards titles to front board in black linen ties. One plate a little dusty spine with some minor wear. Very good. hardcover
ANAIS-0443103828Churchill Livingstone. paperback. Good. 8.6x0.8x10.6. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Churchill Livingstone paperback
1943143675London: Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd 1943. Very Good. London Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd. 1943. A colour lithographed map printed surface 738 × 491 mm sheet size 760 × 508 mm. Paper tanned and brittle; pin holes near the corners; several short splits and tears expertly sealed with a few tiny marginal tears; a very good copy with light creases where originally folded in four as issued. This attractive pictorial map shows New Zealand's mineral and agricultural contributions to the allied war effort during the Second World War. The cartouche at the bottom right reads: 'The New Era. The demands of war caused New Zealand to expand her industries and develop new ones. Their conversion to peaceful purposes and the continued production of vital foodstuffs will be used by New Zealand for two purposes - to maintain her own high standard of living and social security and also to contribute to the well-being of the world at large'. The reference numbers '51-9316 O P D 39/219/6' are printed in the imprint line below the bottom border. <p>MacDonald Gill 1884-1947 British 'Mapmaker Graphic Designer Letterer & Architect . was commissioned by the Ministry of Information to design maps showing natural resources and to create graphics for several propaganda and military training films' MacDonald Gill website. He produced similar maps of other British dominions. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd unknown
63368Printed in England by A.C. Ltd. 1942. Original colour-printed pictorial map of Canada 50.5 x 75 cm. With old folds generally an excellent clean and bright copy. Colourful pictorial map of Canada produced as part of the war effort to shore up confidence in the endless supply of material available in the New World produced for a war-weary English populace. The map lists the many resources available in the country including furs timber textiles coal and a great deal of minerals. In two tiny parts of the country fruit is produced. The map is replete with depictions of these resources and of shipments and weapons being sent across the Atlantic. The map includes a compass rose and the coat of arms of Canada. The map reads: "All the enormous material resources of Canada and Newfoundland have been pledged voluntary and wholeheartedly for the battle against the Axis. Canada's sons fight side by side with their British kin on battlefields throughout the world." Printed in England by A.C. Ltd., 1942. unknown
2007SONG0443103828Churchill Livingstone 2007-11-28. 1. paperback. Used: Good. 8.50x0.75x10.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Churchill Livingstone paperback
8119London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd. 1934. Sm 8vo 7.5" x 5" red cloth over boards with author/title/series stamped in black at spine and series and design of a human and serpent stamped in black at upper cover; original printed dj; xi 158 pp. 2 pp. pub. ads. Bookplates of Eric Gill and Wyman Parker on front paste-down ownership inscription of Eric Gill on ffep. dated "July 13. 34". CONDITION: Very good spine and extremities sunned slight dent to lower right corner of upper cover; dj good chipped at spine and separated at upper hinge soiling to match dent in cover. <p>First edition. Author's copy with his bookplate ownership inscription and numerous corrections and amendments to the text and index in his hand.</p> London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., [1934] unknown
1926645821926. Matted and framed. Fine original condition. Plate mark 4-3/8 x 3-3/8 inches. One of five illustrations originally published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1926 for "Procreant Hymn" by E. Powys Mathers this is one of 15 additional numbered impressions issued separately. unknown
1923116751923- printed 1929. Original wood engraving printed on hand made paper signed in the block. 109 x 109 mm. Mounted and framed.There was no edition of this engraving although it was used in ‘Wood Engravings’ published by St. Dominic’s Press in 1924. H<br>Here we have one of the edition of 80 printed by Douglas Cleverdon on hand made paper in 1929.<br>Physick 218 unknown
71933Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press 1926. Poetry LIMITED FIRST EDITION number 176 of 200 copies. Octavo 25 x 17cm pp.4 20 6. With five copper engravings by Gill including a frontispiece. Publisher's cream cloth gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt the rest untrimmed. Internally clean except for some light spotting to endpapers. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Boards toned with various light marks/stains heavier toning to spine. Very good. A fine erotic poem wherein the speaker is possessed by Spring. Gill designed four further engravings which were excluded from this edition due to their slightly more explicit nature. All engravings were published in a much later edition released by Old Stile Press in 2010. [Waltham Saint Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, [1926] unknown
19265948Golden Cockerel Press 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Lovely just a little spotting to the blank pastedowns as always tiny bit of darkening to the spine. VG or better. Contents very clean in a custom paper slipcase with the front of the original jacket pasted on though badly spotted by that same paste as always that has protected the book. 191/200 COPIES printed on Batchelor handmade paper 5 copperplate-engravings by Eric Gill pp. 20 8vo. <br/><br/> Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
