Lot 179
Golden Cockerel Press.- Browning (Robert) Pictor Ignotus, Fra Lippo Lippi, Andrea Del Sarto, one of 360 copies, initialled presentation inscription from Eric Gill to his father, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925; and 5 others, all with Evan Gill bookplates (6)
Hammer Price: £380
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Browning (Robert) Pictor Ignotus, Fra Lippo Lippi, Andrea Del Sarto, one of 360 copies, initialled presentation inscription from Eric Gill to his father to front free endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original parchment-backed boards, light marking to spine and marginal sunning to covers, [Chanticleer 26], 1925 § Brébeuf (Jean de) The Travels & Sufferings...among the Hurons of Canada, edited and translated by Theodore Besterman, one of 300 copies, wood-engraved double-page vignette title by Eric Gill, map endpapers, prospectus loosely inserted, light discolouration endpapers, original cloth, roan spine label, [Pertelote 136], 1938, [Gill 322 & 297], Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press; and 4 other Golden Cockerel books with Evan Gill's bookplate, small folio & 8vo (6)
Provenance: From the collection of Evan Gill, purchased directly from the estate.
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Browning (Robert) Pictor Ignotus, Fra Lippo Lippi, Andrea Del Sarto, one of 360 copies, initialled presentation inscription from Eric Gill to his father to front free endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original parchment-backed boards, light marking to spine and marginal sunning to covers, [Chanticleer 26], 1925 § Brébeuf (Jean de) The Travels & Sufferings...among the Hurons of Canada, edited and translated by Theodore Besterman, one of 300 copies, wood-engraved double-page vignette title by Eric Gill, map endpapers, prospectus loosely inserted, light discolouration endpapers, original cloth, roan spine label, [Pertelote 136], 1938, [Gill 322 & 297], Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press; and 4 other Golden Cockerel books with Evan Gill's bookplate, small folio & 8vo (6)
Provenance: From the collection of Evan Gill, purchased directly from the estate.
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