The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ.
by GILL, Eric. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Illustrated with 65 wood engravings and initial letters by Eric Gill. Printed in Gill's Golden Cockerel type face. One of 482 copies on paper of a total edition of 500 (this no.405). Folio, original half white pigskin by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, maize buckram sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. The cloth sides have some spotting but are unusually clean and bright and all the pages and endpapers are crisp and fresh. Housed in the original card slipcase which has some browning and repair.||Lavishly illustrated throughout by Eric Gill and using his perfect typography, the Golden Cockerel Press Four Gospels is one of the triumphs of twentieth century book production and one of the greatest of Britain’s private press productions, alongside the Doves Bible, the Kelmscott Chaucer and the Ashendene Dante.|Chanticleer: Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel, 78 “A flower among the best products of English romantic genius” - a good, bright copy
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11964
- Title
- The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Author
- GILL, Eric. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- Waltham St Lawrence
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Eric Gill;Golden Cockerel Press;Bible;Sangorski;Four Gospels;Private Press Books Book,Private Press, Illustrated
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...