Lot 146
  • 146

Gill, Eric

Estimate
700 - 900 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gill, Eric
  • Collection of material relating to contributions to periodicals and other volumes by Eric Gill, comprising:
  • printed books and magazines
[St Dominic’s Press]. The Game. An Occasional Magazine. Vol. II. 1918, modern binding; Vol. III. 1919, modern binding; Vol. IV. 1921, contemporary binding; Vol. V. 1922, original cloth; Vol. VI. 1923, modern binding [Gill 69, Taylor & Sewell F1];

[together with] Gill, E. Caelum et Terra Transibunt. San Francisco: Black Vine Press, 1958, originally published in The Game, inscribed ‘For Austen Harrison from Evan R. Gill’, Austen St Barbe Harrison bookplate [see Gill 69(v)]; Caelum et Terra Transibunt. San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1972, one of 200 copies [see Gill 69(v)]



[together with] twelve periodicals including contributions by Gill, dating from 1909-1938, comprising: The Socialist Review, Vol.4. No. 22, December 1909 [Gill 61]; The Burlington Magazine, Vol. XXXIV, no. cxciii, April 1919, pp. 158-160 [Gill 73]; Artwork, no. 23, Autumn 1930 [see Gill 130]; Oxford Outlook, vol. XII, no. 58, May 1932 [see Gill 23]; The Book-Collector’s Quarterly, no. X, April 1933 [see Gill 146]; Design for Today, May 1933 [see Gill 19]; The Listener, vol. XII, no. 289, July 1934 [see Gill 156]; The Listener, vol. XIV, no. 355, October 1935 [see Gill 177]; The American Review, vol. VIII, no. 1, November 1936 [see Gill 194]; The Fig Tree, no. 1, June 1936 [cf Gill 239]; Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, vol. LXXXVI, no. 4465, June 1938 [see Gill 217]; Typography 5, Spring 1938 [see Gill 215]



[together with] three articles extracted from periodicals, dating from 1933-1934, comprising: ‘On the Flying Scotsman’ from London & North Eastern Railway Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 1, January 1933, pp.3-5, inscribed ‘Please return R’, this copy belonged to Romney Gill [see Gill 141]; ‘Painting and the Public’ from Blackfriars, Vol. XIV, no. 155, February 1933, pp.26-28 [Gill 143]; ‘Morals and Money’ from The Colosseum, no. 2, June 1934, pp.19-24 [Gill 155]



[together with] Tegetmeier, D. The Seven Deadly Virtues. Lovat Dickinson, [1934], one of 250 copies signed by the author and illustrator, dust-jacket [Gill 151], dust-jacket worn;



Together with five others; various sizes, mostly original bindings, occasional wear (28)

Condition

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