Gill, Eric--Pepler, Douglas

i) number 1 of 200 "proof" copies, signed by author and illustrator, inscribed by Pepler to Edward Johnston ("...the book and I would not have made much of a show on our own account..."), original cloth-backed boards; ii) number 38 of 200 "proof" copies, signed by author and illustrator, original cloth-backed boards; iii) first edition, original brown paper wrappers, some loss to foot of spine; all 8vo, wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, occasional spotting and wear to extremities

Gill 259

One of the earliest books illustrated by Gill. Publisher's blurb notes that the "book contains an account of a cinematograph entertainment in Satan's Circuit; a warning to the public against a crafty devil; and an appreciation of No. 27, an English working-man"