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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
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
19210008024Ditchling Sussex: S. Dominic's Press 1921. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 24mo 13 pages stiff brown wrappers; lower half of last leaf excised just below the final woodcut. Very scarce. <br/><br/> Gill ERIC GILL BIBLIOGRAPHY 79. Illustrated with four wood-engravings. including "The Last Judgement" P107 and "Dress" P186. Issued as Welfare Handbook No. 7. ERG 7. S. Dominic's Press paperback
19866176Council Bluff IA: Yellow Barn Press 1986. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 12mo. 4 blank 4 15 1 6 blank pp. frontis illus. Limited edition number 109 of 200 copies with signed note by the printer Neil Shaver on a Yellow Barn Press note card. As issued in blue cloth with printed paper label on the spine and the front cover. A bright clean copy in nearly Fine condition. Originally issued in 1921 by the St. Dominic's Press Shaver uses the line engravings originally employed in the first edition. One might comment on the contents but Gill's subtitle lets you know what you in for! Evan Gill 7. Yellow Barn Press unknown
19903115851Boston: David R. Godine. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0879238534 . First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. 478pp. 9 1/4" X 12 1/4" Lovely copy. ; 9 1/4" 12 1/4"; 478 pages . David R. Godine hardcover
19192020020Ditchling Sussex: S. Dominic's Press 1919. First edition. Paperback. fine. 24mo 47 pages stiff brown wrappers untrmmed unopened inked name from 1934 on front blank. <br/><br/> Gill ERIC GILL BIBLIOGRAPHY 371. Illustrated with one wood-engraving: "The Last Judgement" P107 . Issued as Welfare Handbook No. 4. S. Dominic's Press paperback
1972biblio694Darmstadt: Peter-Presse 1972. Fine. <p>Oblong 8vo 95p half velum cloth binding into a cloth slipcase Limited ed to 800 copies #83 and signed by Gerhardt Engravings produced between 1964 to 1970 Like new Bilingual german-english included promotional 4 folded pages text</p> Peter-Presse hardcover
385413 April 1880; on letterhead of the 'Print Room British Museum.'. Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum 1819-87. One page 12mo. Docketed in ink on blank second leaf of bifoliate. 'I feel it my duty to publish a second edition of our Catalogue of Duplicates before the Sale takes place as there are so many mistakes. As you went through the prints so carefully I should be glad to avail myself of your notes if you would kindly lend them to me for a day at the same time I should wish to fullhy acknowledge the favour'. Signed 'Geo. Wilm Reid'. 13 April 1880; on letterhead of the 'Print Room, | British Museum.' unknown
1808Flo539<p>Good copy of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>Incomplete copy with nine plates of 12 in the first book and 12 of 17 in the second book</p><p><em><strong>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</strong>; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with <strong>Annals of Horsemanship</strong>: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents.</em></p><p>The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a <em>Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.</em> In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in <em>Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling </em>1836 John Bohn's <em>Catalogue of English Books </em>1843 Samuel Halkett's <em>Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain </em>1882 D.C. Sapp's <em>The Honey Jar </em>1898 etc. John C. Riely however in <em>The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature</em> 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction.</p><p>Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: <em>A Long Minuet</em> <em>The Propagation of a Lie</em> and the volume of equestrian misadventures called <em>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</em> by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the <em>Annals of Horsemanship</em> a kind of sequel to the <em>Academy for Grown Horseman</em>." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's<em> Angelica's Ladies Library </em>1794 <em>Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear</em> engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 <em>Tales of the Devil </em>1801 etc.</p><p>Brown quarter leather binding rubbed and scuffed spine with gilt title and decorative tooling marble boards rubbed and torn book block solid. Some fingermarks and general grubbiness throughout slight spotting to text and plates a couple of plates with neat paper repairs to rear. The copper plates mostly clean and bright one with partial handcolour by a previous owner.</p><p>Still a fun trot throught the miseries of horse-riding in the late 18th century</p> W. Baynes hardcover
1809Flo540<p>Very good copy of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions</p><p>Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury</p><p><em><strong>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</strong>; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with <strong>Annals of Horsemanship</strong>: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents.</em></p><p>The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a <em>Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.</em> In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in <em>Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling </em>1836 John Bohn's <em>Catalogue of English Books </em>1843 Samuel Halkett's <em>Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain </em>1882 D.C. Sapp's <em>The Honey Jar </em>1898 etc. John C. Riely however in <em>The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature</em> 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction.</p><p>Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: <em>A Long Minuet</em> <em>The Propagation of a Lie</em> and the volume of equestrian misadventures called <em>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</em> by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the <em>Annals of Horsemanship</em> a kind of sequel to the <em>Academy for Grown Horseman</em>." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's<em> Angelica's Ladies Library </em>1794 <em>Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear</em> engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 <em>Tales of the Devil </em>1801 etc.</p><p>Full red morocco leather binding by Root and Son spine with five raised bands gilt title and tooling neatly rebacked at some time with original spine relaid marble endpaper TEG book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid hand-colour. "Capt. Grose" in ink in parentheses next to author's name Gambado on the front title page.</p><p>Engraved bookplate of Cortlandt Field Bishop American pioneer aviator balloonist autoist traveller and book collector on front endpaper.</p> Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
1809Flo542<p>Near fine copy of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions</p><p>Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury</p><p><em><strong>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</strong>; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with <strong>Annals of Horsemanship</strong>: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents.</em></p><p>The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a <em>Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.</em> In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in <em>Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling </em>1836 John Bohn's <em>Catalogue of English Books </em>1843 Samuel Halkett's <em>Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain </em>1882 D.C. Sapp's <em>The Honey Jar </em>1898 etc. John C. Riely however in <em>The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature</em> 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction.</p><p>Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: <em>A Long Minuet</em> <em>The Propagation of a Lie</em> and the volume of equestrian misadventures called <em>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</em> by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the <em>Annals of Horsemanship</em> a kind of sequel to the <em>Academy for Grown Horseman</em>." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's<em> Angelica's Ladies Library </em>1794 <em>Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear</em> engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 <em>Tales of the Devil </em>1801 etc.</p><p>Full tree-calf leather binding by Myers and Co 80 New Bond Street London rebacked with mottled spine with gilt title boards a little dry and rubbed new endpapers book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid and delicate hand-colour. One text page 124 with repaired 3cm tear and paper fault that has caused a printing error with no loss to text.</p> Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
B196190-1Genève 1979. 115 1pp. 1 double-page color lithograph. 204 catalogue illus. 4 text figs. 4to. Wraps. Genève, 1979. paperback
19947318 page illustrated catalog of 25 works of art for sale. Includes a price list from Dec. 1994. The booklet is lightly creased and the staples are rusty. H216box Gehenna Prints paperback
1989ABE-1492682002481Garton London 1989 Very scarce and brilliant catalogue. Sixty Four prints brilliantly reproduced. Stiff card covers. Much sought after. Former owner blind stamp to introduction page. Enclosure with price list. Language: eng. Soft cover. Fine. Garton London paperback
19691629Dorset: The Workshop Press 1969. First edition. Paperback. Fair. 1969 oversize paperback with stapled binding. Fair condition only with binding cloth very frayed and faded. Heavy wear to the corners both covers and pages. Staples are still firmly bound even though the cloth covering them is giving up. 92 full color pages of Gardiner's beautiful illustrations documenting the castles manors and landscapes of Dorset and Purbeck. A rough copy but with no diminishment to the beauty and vibrancy of the illustrations. <br/><br/> The Workshop Press paperback
71-1254Europe: Metz circa 1850s. Hand-colored lithograph. 35.5 x 25.4 cm sheet. Very Good sheet lightly toned and soiled colors still fresh.Provenance: From the Collection of the late Frederick G. Ruffner Jr. founder of Gale Research Detroit. Europe: Metz, circa 1850s. unknown
200512014PARIS: Galerie Terrades. New. 2005. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. -- clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. Text in French. Includes lovely illustrations of works by Goya Prianesi Felix Braquemond Manet Delacroix and others. -- with a bonus offer--; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall . Galerie Terrades paperback
188017628Colt Publishing Co. Very Good. c. 1880. Print. Late 19th century original lithograph view of Hyde Park. The margin has staining with light chipping at the extremities and several tears in the bottom margin one of which extends 3/4" into the left side of the lithograph. The lithograph itself is toned with modest faint foxing. Dimensions: 24" x 18". Lithograph: 20.25" x 14.5". . . Colt Publishing Co. unknown
1927355490725414London 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Published by the Fleuron Limited and printed at the Curwen Press 1927-1930. CONTAINS SIGNED WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY JOHN NASH IN VOLUME 3 AND ERIC RAVILIOUS IN VOLUME 4. Publisher's yellow brown pink or purple buckram with gilt lettering to the spine t.e.g. others uncut spines a little faded. Robert Gibbings writes on the Golden Cockerel Press Eric Gill on intaglio printing from woodblocks Paul Nash on woodcut patterns Douglas Percy Bliss on the tools of the wood-engraver etc. W A Thorpe on the Wood-Engravings of John Nash Wood and Metal in the Invention of Printing by Victor Scholderer German Woodcut Lettering by Dr. Julius Rodenberg et al. Generously illustrated with examples of the work of many of the great wood engravers of the time Eric Ravilious John Nash Tirzah Garwood Gwen Raverat Clare Leighton et al. Vol 1 yellow buckram from 1927 is # 25 of 75 copies of which 70 are for sale. Vol 2 brown buckram from 1928 is # 42 of 80 copies of which 75 are for sale. In addition to the blocks in the text there is a fold-out in collotype of woodcut wall-papers opposite page 1. Vol 3 pink buckram from 1929 is # 18 of 80 copies of which 75 are for sale and contains one of the few woodcuts to be produced in Tirzah Garwood's lifetime Vol 4 purple buckram from 1930 is # 27 of 75 copies of which 70 are for sale. A very good set. Containing signed wood-engravings by Eric Ravilious and John Nash. NB: THESE SPECIAL EDITION SETS ARE VERY RARE AS THE SIGNED ENGRAVINGS BY ERIC RAVILIOUS AND JOHN NASH ARE USUALLY FOUND REMOVED. NNB: Dustwrappers not present. Further photographs available upon request. hardcover
175039985Paris: Chez Poirio. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1750. Leather. 12 mo; Volume III Only - missing Volumes I and II 4" x 6.75". 567 pages. Full brown calf leather binding 5 raised bands ribbon marker marbled endpapers all edges red. Engravings. Very good condition End pieces and tail piece design ilustratons. . Chez Poirio hardcover
1013B379375Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED BY FRITZ RICHTER 1974 softcover bound in stiff illustrated wraps. Small 12mo unpaginated 48 pages illustrated throughout with 23 full-page woodcuts with a like number of smaller prints with text in German on rear. An artist's book fully illustrated with Richter's wood engravings. Ownership inscription on back of front cover else very good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. paperback
195720127Nancy Frankreich France: Berger-Levrault 1957. Fine/VG. Two Fine Volumes In Very Good Case. TEXT IN FRENCH. Text by Pierre Frieden with 17 tissue-guarded engravings by Albert Decaris. Case has some surface spotting with a couple of short tears; else a fine copy in a very good case of a SCARCE first edition first printing. Pierre Frieden 1892-1959 was a Luxembourg politician and writer. HEAVY 2.6KG PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST. First Edition First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Berger-Levrault unknown
18-5937London: Trustees of the British Museum 1922. 4to. 185 pp. Hard Covers. Very Good. Blue cloth covered boards. Some edge wear. Slight warping of spine. Pages fine.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1922. hardcover
FREDERIC013688Pawlet Vermont. Various dates. First editions. Printed by Claude Fredericks for presentation to his friends at Christmas.A A Plan for the ''Sonnets'' of a Proposed Shakespeare. 1960. Wrappers. Sonnets xxxiii to xlvi are printed. Fine in printed tissue dustwrapper.B A Page from Bacon's ''Essays''. 1956. Wrappers. Number 20 of 180 copies. Spine faded. Near fine.C Psalms cl & cxxxiii. 1958. Wrappers. Single leaf in loose wrappers. Covers lightly tanned at edges. Near fine.D Meister Eckhart's Sermon on Beata Pauperes Spiritu. 1960. Wrappers. 220 copies printed. Taken from R.B. Blakney's translation. Very near fine. Pawlet, Vermont. unknown
1834023418Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1834. Second Edition . Quarter Morocco. Fine. 6 5/8" Tall. 472 Pp. Quarter Morocco. Asecond Edition. A Fine Copy Spine Gilt Very Strong Original Purple Morocco Spine And Tips Original Purple Cloth Original Watered Endpapers And Watered Edges Of Page Block Contents Fine Leather Just Recently Professionally Refreshed. Contents Immaculate Pages Crisp Map Undamaged No Foxing. Heraldic Bookplate "Sperate Et Vivitefortes" Of The Welsh Cavalry Senior Cavalry Of The British Army On Front Pastedown Ownership Signature "John Clements Queen's Dragoon Guards" On Verso Of First Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Oliver & Boyd unknown