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1912130812Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1912. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-187 188: printer's imprint original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A collection of nine ghost stories dedicated to Swain's longtime friend M. R. James. ". Swain's tales share many features with those of James' and draw on the friends' common interests and antiquarian studies. They are however rather milder in tone and regularly incorporate a playful humour not often found in James' work. The tales relate the adventures of a fictionalized version of the author Mr Batchel Rector of Stoneground parish. Although by today's standards readers may find Swain's stories rather lacking in supernatural horrors their subtle qualities become apparent on re-reading and many find Mr Batchel one of the most enduring creations of English ghost fiction." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 468. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 170. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-193. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1571. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 209. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 419. Tymn ed Horror Literature 3-238. Bleiler 1978 p. 190. Reginald 13908. Cloth rubbed at upper spine end spine panel tanned endpapers and page edges just a bit tanned a very good copy. Penciled signature of A. Langley Searles noted fantasy enthusiast and publisher of the long-running fanzine FANTASY COMMENTATOR dated 1944 on front paste-down. An attractive copy. #130812 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. unknown books
193117082110London: Jonathan Cape Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 129 of 160 octavo size 206 pp. signed by Eric Gill. Clothing has long been an integral part of society and can be used to reflect diverse religious and cultural identities. In this essay Eric Gill 1882-1940 discusses the significance of clothes in society and argues for a more egalitarian approach to clothing; for example Gill advocates the suitability of men's clothing trousers for women as a way to liberate the sexes and create a more equal society.<br/><br/>Gill provides wood engravings for the book illustrating his concepts and showcasing his masterful rendering of the technique; his illustrations have a slightly satirical slant while evoking the pathos of his arguments.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown pigskin with marbled paper boards gilt rules and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut illustrations include title page device "Woman Dancing" P712; "Art and Prudence" P714; "Clothes as Houses" P715; "Clothes as Workshops" P716; "Clothes as Churches and Town Halls" P717; "Clothes for Special Parts" P718; "The Tyranny of Tailors" P719; "Nature and Nakedness" P720; "Trousers" P21; and a tailpiece of "Trousers and Spats" P722; octavo 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vii 1-2 3-196 197-198 1 colophon one of 160 copies this number 129 signed "Eric G" on the colophon.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and to the corners a faint stain to the gutter of Contents page and very slight cracking to the gutter at pages 128 and 129 but hinges are still tight.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill 22. <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. Jonathan Cape [Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge] hardcover books
193417041003London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 197 of 500 octavo size 16 pp. "The Lord's Song" is a sermon composed by the inimitable Eric Gill 1882-1940; it is a call to reaffirm free will as well as an acknowledgement of sin and spiritual responsibility in an age dominated by an industrial work force. This volume is the first book in which the Golden Cockerel Press has made use of Eric Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types and Gill contributes wood engravings to accompany his text in a combination of spiritual and social criticism.<br/><br/>This copy has a rather remarkable provenance as evidenced by the prior owners' bookplates to the paste-down endpapers: A. M. Albert Mayer Cohn bibliographer of George Cruikshank whose bookplate features Cruikshank's "Connoisseurs at a Book Stall" and a Ditchling address label; Evelyn and Lowell Kerr creators of one of the principal collections of Algernon Charles Swinburne in the U.S.; and the bookseller's ticket of Philip Duschnes renowned New York bookseller and publisher of "The New Colophon".<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full white buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board wood engraving of "St. Thomas' Hands" P382 used on books containing writings by Gill to title page plate of "The Lord's Song" P856 facing page 5; Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types Arnold and Foster's pure rag paper octavo 9" by 4.5" pagination: 1-4 5-15 16 one of 500 copies this number 197.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and the only prior owner markings we see are the bookplates mentioned above; the white buckram has light overall soiling spine is lightly sunned and there is slight foxing to front and rear endpapers.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 26 Chanticleer 92.<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 Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
191517083308London: The Hampshire House Workshops 1915. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Gill Eric. No. 28 of the first 200 copies of this edition designated "proof" copies duodecimo size 136 pp. signed by both Eric Gill and Douglas Pepler. Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Douglas Pepler 1878-1951 worked together for many years founding the St Dominic's Press and creating numerous splendid works of art and writing. This collection of essays takes a look at the society of the time examining the relationships among people situations of work and the effects of the Industrial Revolution. Eric Gill provides woodcuts to illustrate the text several full-page images and several in-text; with a simplistic approach to detail Gill creates scenes of both acute observation and satire.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan cloth with red paper boards lettering and woodcut by Eric Gill in black on the front board black lettering on the spine fore- and bottom edges rough cut frontispiece a woodcut of a sword with lettering down the blade by Eric Gill title page with same woodcut as the front board six full-page woodcuts including title page by Gill others set in-text P36 - P44 P46; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vi vii-viii 1-123 124-128 one of 200 copies this number 28 signed by Eric Gill and Douglas Pepler on the limitation page.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is very good with clean boards corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges and the interior is clean and bright; light rubbing to the paper on the front and back boards some rubbing to the top edges of the boards corners are gently bumped spine slightly cocked and faintly sunned rear hinge is starting to crack but is still strong and there is a prior owner name in pen on the front paste-down endpaper with the date of July 1916.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill 259.<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 Hampshire House Workshops hardcover books
198350832Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton 1983. Edition limited to 1435 copies this one of 1350 on Mohawk Superfine large 4to pp. xxiv 545 3; contains reproductions of 1074 of Gill's wood engravings 3 folding plates some of the illustrations are in color; fine copy in original cream shelf-backed black cloth boards embossed with a Gill image of three nudes publisher's slipcase. A virtually complete catalogue of all Gill's wood engravings notes by the publisher and "Eric Gill: A Personal Record by Douglas Cleverdon." With a publisher's slip laid in as issued regarding the binding structure. <br/><br/> Christopher Skelton hardcover books
19187029Ditchling: Douglas Pepler 1918. First Edition. Slim octavo; buff printed wrappers; 21pp 4pp publisher's ads. Covers trimmed short see note below; mild wear and creasing to wrapper edges still Very Good or better. Apparently a mixed issue: covers are Gill's third variant without the crossed-out price but title page rules and pagination p.5 conform to the earlier state. Since the wrappers on our copy are undersized by about 1/4" it seems plausible that this copy may have been made up using a remainder of the earliest state of the text with the later issue wrappers. Scarce Gill item; GILL Bibliography 5. Douglas Pepler unknown books
194560374Montgomery AL: The Committee 1945. First edition a reproduced typescript. 4to. 1 2 9 5 8 6 10 3 pp. printed rectos only. The committee was composed of Gill a physician and state health officer Clark a professor of food hygiene and health and Tucker a nutritionist; it inspected each of the state's prisons Kilby Draper Atmore and Julia Tutwiler women's the state Cattle Ranch and all of its road camps paying particular attention to medical and dental services rehabilitation work and food services and nutrition noting many deficiencies in all areas and making recommendations for remediation in detail. The races were largely segregated but seemed to have shared fairly equally the poor conditions but with African Americans bearing the brunt of the road camp work. The "History of the Alabama Department of Corrections" on that organization's website makes no mention of this report and none of its findings or recommendations are included in the ADOC website timeline. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Some age soiling else very good. Brad-bound at top final leaf with tear at brad. #7545. <br/><br/> The Committee unknown books
1934604838<p>1934. "Eric Gill" in black fountain pen ink Jerusalem June 13 1934. 8" x 10". 1 page recto only. Very good. To Mr. Sutcliffe: In full: "Many thanks for your letter of June 4. I shall be back home in July & will come and see you about the matter as soon as possible. . ." Probably the London book binder George Sutcliffe.</p> unknown books
1923WRCLIT57677Ditchling Sussex: Saint Dominic's Press 1923. Pictorial linen. First collective edition of these two essays with revisions. Printed in Caslon Old Face type on Batchelor handmade paper. Binding slightly bowed and smudged otherwise a very good copy. GILL 10. Saint Dominic's Press unknown books
1934239328London: Golden Cockerel Press 1934. No. 191 of 500 copies. Title vignette full-page frontispiece and wood-engraved initial capital by Eric Gill. 24pp. Printed by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press. 1 vols. 4 1/2 x 9 inches. Cream buckram lettered in gilt on upper cover from Gill's design. Fine. Gill Eric. No. 191 of 500 copies. Title vignette full-page frontispiece and wood-engraved initial capital by Eric Gill. 24pp. Printed by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press. 1 vols. 4 1/2 x 9 inches. According to the colophon this book was "the first in which the Press made use of Eric Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types." Gill 26 Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
193412241London: Golden Cockerel Press 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.cream basket-weave cloth. Near fine. Gill Eric. 16 pages. 9 x 4 1/2"with a frontispiece engraved on wood by the author. Limited edition copy 13 of 500 printed on Arnold paper in Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic type.The first book to appear in the new 14pt. version of this font. CHANTICLEER 92. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1934193178London Golden Cockerel Press 1934. 1934. Tall narrow 8vo. Title page vignette and full-page illustration by the author. Original gilt stamped cream cloth uncut light soiling. No signatures on bookplates. Very good. #23/500 numbered copies printed by Christopher Sandford et al at the Golden Cockerel Press. First use by the press of Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types. Hardcover. [London] Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. hardcover books
193117083230Near Hughenden Buckinghamshire: Sheed & Ward 1931. No binding. Fine. Gill Eric. Prospectus only octavo size 4 pp. "TYPOGRAPHY" was the first book printed at Pigotts the partnership between renowned printer and artist Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Rene Hague his daughter Joanna's husband; this prospectus includes a reproduction of pp. 8-9 and a short essay on typography in the arts-and-crafts mode. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Off-white sheet folded twice to make four pages printed in black; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine clean and without wear. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 21. <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. Sheed & Ward unknown books
193117082112Near Hughenden Buckinghamshire: Sheed & Ward Publishers 1931. No binding. Near fine. Gill Eric. Prospectus only duodecimo size 4 pp. "TYPOGRAPHY" was the first book printed at Pigotts the partnership between renowned printer and artist Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Rene Hague his daughter Joanna's husband. The prospectus includes a reproduction of p. 37 and a short essay on typography in the arts-and-crafts mode. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream-coloured sheet folded once to make four pages printed in black with wood engraving by Gill "Tree and Dog" P734 on the front page; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine clean with only very slight wear to the edges. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 21. <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. Sheed & Ward, Publishers unknown books
19349024139London: Golden Cockerel Press 1934. Hardcover. Fine. One of 500 numbered copies bound in the publisher's original clolth covered boards cover and spine stamped in gilt. Printed and published by Christopher Sandford Francis J. Newbery & Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press. <br/><br/> Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1921239342Ditchling Sussex: Printed and Published at S. Dominic's Press 1921. 6 46 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Linen and boards untitled. About fine. 6 46 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Gill 8; Taylor A82 Printed and Published at S. Dominic's Press unknown books
191820775Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press 1918. First edition. Original Wraps. Orig. black wrappers. Fine. Gill Eric. 23 pages in text. 26 x 20 cm. No. 24 of St. Dominic's Press Publications. Contains Gill's red cross on title Paschal Lamb and Spray of Leaves. Two pages of St. Dominic Press adverts at rear. GILL 366. "This was also published in black paper wrappers lettered on front cover in gilt our copy." Fresh almost as new copy. St. Dominic's Press unknown books
1923PW1046Camden NJ:: Wilson G. Bailey 1923. 1923. 8vo. xi 1 254 pp. Frontis. portrait index. Red gilt-stamped cloth; small nick at head of spine. Very good. Rare. LENGTHY INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR; VERY RARE. Inscribed by W. G. Bailey M.D. "Oct. 7th 1929. To My Friend Dr. William Cashman With the hope that he will to the extent of reading this book – interest himself in what an impartial investigator Hereward Carrington called 'The coming science knowledge & of life after death.'" "Bailey graduated from Paulsboro High School and Pierce Business College then went on to Jefferson Medical College from which he received his doctorate in 1891. He interned at Cooper Hospital and remained in Camden practicing general surgery into the 1930s." Bailey's nephew had the same name but was born in 1893. Hereward Carrington 1880-1958 was a well-known British-born American investigator of psychic phenomena and author. A wonderfully odd book! Wilson G. Bailey, 1923. hardcover books
192315647Ditchling: Douglas Pepler 1923. Hardcover. Orig. beige linen cloth lettered in black. Near fine. Gill Eric. 41pages. 17 x 13 cm. The first edition entitled simply "Sculpture An Essay" published 1918 no. 21 of St. Dominic's Press publications. This edition in book form with considerable additions and alterations a Preface and three wood engravings by Gill. GILL 10. "This book comprises two esays previously published separately." TAYLOR & SEWELL A112. Printed on Batchelor hand-made paper very bright and clean Gill front cover illustration replicates that of the title page. Douglas Pepler hardcover books
1918170736Sussex: Douglas Pepler 1918. First edition. Small softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 5-14 1918 at the Alpine Club Gallery. Printed and with brief text by Douglas Pepler. Includes several small black and white illustrations and a checklist of Drawings Wood Engravings and Inscriptions. A near fine copy in sewn wrappers that are very lightly soiled and partially unopened. An uncommon and early catalog of Gill's works. Douglas Pepler unknown books
1952132347London: Printed in Great Britain and Published by Curtis Warren Limited 1952. Octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. The author's first book. At a secret base in Antarctica invaders from Venus are modifying Earth's atmosphere preparing the planet for colonization. A fine nearly "as new" copy.#132347 Printed in Great Britain and Published by Curtis Warren Limited unknown books
1958001202London: The Monotype Corporation Limited 1958. First Printing. One of 250 unnumbered copies printed " 250 copies of this keepsake were set and printed in Eric Gill's 'Monotype' Perpetua by the Monotype Corporation Ltd. of London 1958". Printed on the occasion of the 1st exhibition dedicated solely to his work as a carver engraver and draftsman of the letters of the Alphabet. A sixteen page stapled pamphlet with text and several illustrations and a single page photo of Gill at work that is laid in. Tiny curl at 2 corners of the front wrapper Else Fine. An apparently unique Gill item. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. About Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. The Monotype Corporation Limited Paperback books
196427663New York: Reinhold Publishing Company 1964. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Square hardbound 8vo. 94 numbered pp. Brief textual introduction by the three authors followed by over 90 pages of examples of advertisements and graphic design examples that provide solutions to gadvertising and communication problems. A very good copy. Spine lettering dulled but still readable. Issued without dustwrapper. Quite uncommon in the hardbound edition. Reinhold Publishing Company hardcover books
1935WRCLIT58767Windham CT: Hawthorn House 1935. Cloth. Slight darkening at endsheet gutters 1937 ownership signature of a Harvard Librarian on free endsheet otherwise very good or somewhat better without printed dust jacket as issued. First edition of the author's first book limited to only one hundred and sixty copies. Hawthorn House hardcover books
192120781Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press 1921. First edition. Original Wraps. Orig. stitched dark gray wrappers. Fine. Gill Eric. 13 pages in text. Four engravings by Gill -- device on front cover and title page peacock from a wood-engraving by Desmond Chute and Dress 2 P186 & P187 plus Dog and flaming torch. No. 28 7 of St. Dominic's Press publications printed from Caslon O.F. on Batchelor hand-made paper. This a variant without the one shilling price and back cover. GILL 7. Fresh crisp copy. St. Dominic's Press unknown books
