Gill

1930 · GILLERIC010422 — Douglas Cleverdon Bristol. 1930. First edition. Octavo. 19 pages. Two wood-engravings by Eric Gill. Note on the wood-engravings by the publisher: ''The two vignettes were engraved.in 1926.A few signed prints only were issued and the blocks were not used in the edition of Disraeli for which they were designed. The blocks later came into the possession of the publisher of this book; thinking them apt decorations for the story he assumes responsibility for their insertion''. Buckram-backed decorated paper boards. Printed on J. Barcham Green ''Charles I'' hand-made paper.Limited to 350 copies signed by T.F. Powys.Small nameplate on front pastedown. Free endpapers lightly tanned. Faint rubbing to head and tail of spine. Near fine. Douglas Cleverdon, Bristol. hardcover