Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. Revised edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 17079
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1990. 4to. cloth. xiv, 105+(1) pages. Limited to only 450 copies, A Typographical Masterpiece was printed by Meriden-Stenhour Press with duotone photography by Michael Arsenault. A fine copy. It was designed by Dreyfus and includes over 40 illustrations. This work would be of great interest to the Gill and Gibbings enthusiasts. READ MORE about A TYPOGRAPHICAL MASTERPIECE, AN ACCOUNT BY JOHN DREYFUS OF ERIC GILL'S COLLABORATION WITH...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 33753
Boston: David R. Godine, (1995). 8vo. cloth. x, 339 +(1) pages. First edition. A fine copy. A compilation of writings on many aspects of printing and book design, chosen by the author. The topics are varied, and include eighteenth-& nineteenth-century studies, private presses, type design and manufacture, exhibitions and speculations. In an interesting chapter on twentieth-century typographers, the author discusses Stanley Morrison, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers and several other well known printers. Illustrated with photographs..... READ MORE about INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 45937
London: The British Library, 1994. 8vo. quarter blue leather with marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. x, 339 +(1) pages. First edition, one of 95 numbered copies printed at the Stamperia Valdonega and signed by Dreyfus. Includes an extra inserted leaf printed by the Officina Bodoni on Magnani hand made paper. A compilation of writings on many aspects of printing and book design, chosen by the author. The topics are varied, and include eighteenth-&..... READ MORE about INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 54056
New York: Devin - Adair, (1950). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 148 pages. A reprint of the 1934 edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. Chapters on The Nature of Art, Art in the Twentieth Century, Tools and Machines, Invisible Art, The Beautiful and the Ugly, Art and Holiness. "The idea of work, the idea of art, the idea of service and the idea of beauty were and are, in spite of our peculiar century, naturally..... READ MORE about ART
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 101928
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, (1941). 8vo. cloth. 283 pages. First edition, third impression. Slightly rubbed. READ MORE about AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 78184
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1945. 8vo. cloth. 283 pages. First edition, fifth impression. Lacking the dust jacket. Light fading to the spine, minor wear to edges. A good copy. READ MORE about AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139691
London: Jonathan Cape, (1942). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 283 pages. First edition, seventh impression. Minor loss to the head of the spine of the jacket, spine lightly faded, else a very good copy. READ MORE about AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 140970
Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, (1973). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 86 pages. First U.S. edition. Part of the Ars Typographica Library with James Moran as General Editor. Filled with examples of his calligraphy. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, THE MAN WHO LOVED LETTERS
Price: $9.60 Order nr. 29825
London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1973. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 86 pages. First edition. Small bump to the top corner, else fine in fine jacket. Part of the Ars Typographica Library with James Moran as General Editor. Filled with examples of his calligraphy. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, THE MAN WHO LOVED LETTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121987
London: Hague & Gill Ltd., (1940). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), xv pages followed by 36 plates of nudes drawn by Gill. First edition (Gill no.48). A near fine copy in near fine jacket. One of the last books that Gill worked on as he died in 1940. Contains 36 full-page plates. READ MORE about DRAWINGS FROM LIFE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 2041
London: Anthony d' Offay, (1982). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 62, (2) pages. A centenary exhibition catalogue of the works of Eric Gill held in 1982. Spine faded, else fine. Includes several illustrations and a brief biography. Small booklabel in corner of inside front cover indicates that this volume came from the reference library of Monk Bretton Books.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ERIC GILL 1882-1940
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56923
(San Francisco, CA): Black Vine Press, 1954. oblong 12mo. paper wrappers. 6 pages. A monograph for the Eric Gill exhibition at the Stanford Library, November 7, 1954. Small white marks on the front cover, else a near fine copy. Contains illustrations. READ MORE about ERIC GILL 1882-1940
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139776
Cambridge, England: n.p., 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Exhibition at Cambridge. With brief bibliography and acknowledgments. READ MORE about ERIC GILL 1882-1940: A HANDLIST OF AN EXHIBITIOIN AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MARCH TO MAY 1982
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 121249
New York: The Typophiles, 1956. oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (10) pages. Designed and printed by Harold Seeger and Albert Sperisen at the Black Vine Press for the Typophiles. Bookplate on inside front cover. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, 1882-1940
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 19959
London: Lund Humphries, (1992). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 283 pages. Reprint edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Ownership notations in pencil throughout. READ MORE about ERIC GILL: AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 142542
(Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto), 1991. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 54, (2) pages. Preface by staff of the university's rare book library and suggestions for further reading. Exhibition of Gill's work held at the University of Toronto. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations. Errata sheet laid in. Fine condition. READ MORE about ERIC GILL: HIS LIFE AND ART
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 121246
London: Lund Humphries, (1988). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 133 pages. Fifth edition, facsimile reprint of the revised 1936 edition, with a new introduction by Christopher Skelton. Fine in fine jacket. Discussion of composition, lettering, typography, punch-cutting, paper and ink, etc. An important essay. READ MORE about AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52156
Folkestone & London, United Kingdom: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973. small 4to. cloth. xv, 224 pages. Reprint of the 1953 edition. Illustrated. An important reference work on this English book illustrator. With a foreword by Walter Shewring. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC GILL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6407
London: Cassell & Co., (1964). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 140 pages of text followed by 16 plates. First edition. Record of work incised into stone, painted upon wood and engraved in metal. Jacket slightly age darkened along edges. READ MORE about INSCRIPTIONAL WORK OF ERIC GILL, AN INVENTORY
Price: $36.00 Order nr. 6409
Revised by D. Steven Corey and Julia Mackenzie.
Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies, 1991. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 368 pages. Revised by D. Steven Corey and Julia Mackenzie. It is sixty years since the death of Eric Gill (1882-1940) and yet the reputation of this remarkable artist and thinker continues to grow. Famous for his stone carving, wood engraving, type designs and writing, he has also found a wide appeal amongst a younger generation who are sympathetic to his outlook on life -..... READ MORE about ERIC GILL, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 51852
New York: The Typophiles, 1978. oblong 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 64 pages. Taken from the second edition, limited to 400 copies issued by the Typophiles as Chapbook 55. Fine in fine dust jacket. Expanded from an article in Alphabet & Image. Well illustrated including two foldout inserts, one in color. READ MORE about THE LETTER FORMS AND TYPE DESIGNS OF ERIC GILL
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 21326
N.P. Eva Svensson and David R. Godine, (1978). square small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 64 pages. Second edition. Fine in fine jacket. Expanded from an article in Alphabet & Image. Well illustrated including two foldout inserts, one in color. READ MORE about THE LETTER FORMS AND TYPE DESIGNS OF ERIC GILL
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 48006
London: Monotype Corp. 1958. 4to. self paper wrappers. 8 pages and 8 plates. Limited to 250 copies. A fine copy. READ MORE about KEEPSAKE FOR THE GUESTS AT THE OPENING ON OCTOBER 14TH 1958 OF AN EXHBITION OF THE WORKS OF ERIC...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 8895
London and New York: Wynkyn de Worde Society and The Sandstone Press, 1982. 12to. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 24 pages. Reprint of the 1967 Typophiles chapbook, with new material. Well illustrated. Corner bumped. Some fading of spine. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, FURTHER THOUGHTS BY AN APPRENTICE
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 36025
