[Gill, Eric]

[Birmingham School of Printing]. Specimen Bookplate showing the new sans-serif capitals designed by Eric Gill. Birmingham: School of Printing, 1929, original wrappers [not in Gill], some spotting--[Gill, E.] Specimen of the Joanna type. Pigotts: Hague & Gill, 1930, [one of 200 copies] [cf Gill 450a]--[Gill, E. and R. Hague]. The Story of Amnon. Pigotts: Hague & Gill, 1930, [one of 225 copies], the first book to be printed on the hand-press at Eric Gill’s home, original wrappers [Gill 283], spine faded; [Gill, E. and R. Hague]. Twenty-three Carols. Pigotts: Hague & Gill, 1930, [one of 50 copies], including an engraving by Joanna Gill, original wrappers, Mary Gill bookplate, collector’s box [Gill 346b], worn--Browning, R. Bishop Blougram’s Apology. Sheed & Ward, 1931, printed by Hague and Gill, [one of 200 copies], original cloth dust-jacket [not in Gill]--Tennyson, A. The Lady of the Shalott. Pigotts: Hague & Gill, 1931, [one of 100 copies], original vellum wrappers [not in Gill]--[Birmingham School of Printing]. Eric Gill sans-serif nulli secundus se non e vero e ben trovato. Birmingham: School of Printing, 1932, original wrappers [Gill 463]--Gill, E. A Specimen of Three Books Types. Pigotts: Hague & Gill, 1934, extensively annotated in pencil with Gill’s own notes and corrections on pages three and four, original cloth, Eric Gill bookplate [Gill 30]--Anand, M.R. The Lost Child. Allen, 1934, number 128 of 200 copies, signed ‘Mulk Raj Anand’, original wrappers [Gill 289]--Sterne, L. A Sentimental Journey. High Wycombe: Hague & Gill, 1936, number 437 of 1500 copies printed for The Limited Editions Club, signed ‘Eric G’ and ‘Denis T’, original cloth, slipcase, together with number 1144 of 150 copies, original cloth, slipcase [not in Gill]--[Gill, E. and R. Hague]. Besancon Carol. High Wycombe: Hague & Gill, 1938, original wrappers and wire spine [not in Gill], some spotting--Gill, E. From An Essay on Typography. Beeches Press, [n.d.], hexagonal shaped folded paper, [not in Gill]--together with two others--various sizes, occasional spotting and browning, occasional wear to bindings (15)

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