Lot 176
Gill (Eric) Wood-Engravings..., number IV of 50 copies, Ditchling, St. Dominic's Press, 1924
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
Gill (Eric) Wood-Engravings..., number IV of 50 copies from an edition limited to 150, title and one plate printed in red and black, 32 woodcut or wood-engraved plates by Eric Gill, bookplate of Andrew & Mary Henderson Bishop to front pastedown, original cream linen, spotted, uncut, blue dust-jacket with woodcut illustration and lettering in black, spine a little sunned, light creasing to head, an excellent example, [Gill 410; Taylor & Sewell A129a], 4to, Ditchling, S. Dominic's Press, 1924.
⁂ Scarce Gill item, particularly in the dust-jacket, this one of the copies numbered by hand on the leaf following the title. Gill moved away from Ditchling to Capel-y-Ffin in Wales, and wanted to take the engraved woodblocks with him as his personal property. Pepler claimed they belonged to the St.Dominic's lay order and press and so kept them, resulting in Gill's refusal to speak to Pepler again.
Description
Gill (Eric) Wood-Engravings..., number IV of 50 copies from an edition limited to 150, title and one plate printed in red and black, 32 woodcut or wood-engraved plates by Eric Gill, bookplate of Andrew & Mary Henderson Bishop to front pastedown, original cream linen, spotted, uncut, blue dust-jacket with woodcut illustration and lettering in black, spine a little sunned, light creasing to head, an excellent example, [Gill 410; Taylor & Sewell A129a], 4to, Ditchling, S. Dominic's Press, 1924.
⁂ Scarce Gill item, particularly in the dust-jacket, this one of the copies numbered by hand on the leaf following the title. Gill moved away from Ditchling to Capel-y-Ffin in Wales, and wanted to take the engraved woodblocks with him as his personal property. Pepler claimed they belonged to the St.Dominic's lay order and press and so kept them, resulting in Gill's refusal to speak to Pepler again.