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THE SONG OF SONGS CALLED BY MANY THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES. by Gill, Eric - 1925

by Gill, Eric

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THE SONG OF SONGS CALLED BY MANY  THE  CANTICLE OF CANTICLES. by Gill, Eric - 1925

THE SONG OF SONGS CALLED BY MANY THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES.

by Gill, Eric

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  • Hardcover
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 4to, gilt-lettered cream buckram in custom clamshell box with gilt-lettered red calf spine label. Extraordinarily bright copy. One of 750 copies printed by Robert Gibbings in red and black in Caslon Old Face Type on Batchelor handmade paper. Twenty wood engravings designed and engraved on wood by Eric Gill. An heir to William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement, he was sculptor, type designer and printmaker. The bold typeface complements his wood engravings in his first effort at illustrating Scripture, combining his religious and erotic interests. Chanticler 31. Gill 275.. Buckram. Fine. Illus. by Gill, Eric. 4to.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Illustrator Gill, Eric
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Golden Cockerel Press
  • Place of Publication Waltham Saint Lawrence
  • Date Published 1925
  • Keywords Eric Gill, Golden Cockerel, Private Press, Fine Printing, Song of Songs, Robert Gibbings
  • Size 4to

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The Song Of Songs Called By Many The Canticle Of Canticles
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The Song Of Songs Called By Many The Canticle Of Canticles

by Gill, Eric (Illustrator)

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  • Hardcover
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Used - Orig. white buckram spine lettered in gilt. Very good
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Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Hardcover. Orig. white buckram spine lettered in gilt. Very good. 43 pages. 26 1/2 x 20 cm. Twenty wood engravings by Eric Gill. Printed in black and red in Caslon O.F. Limited edition, copy 441 of 750 on Batchelor hand-made paper. CHANTICLEER 31. Humbert Wolfe in his Introduction to "Chanticleer." notes, "The type and paper of `The Song of Songs' are both beyond praise. GILL 275. Mostly unopened, spine darkened, covers a bit dusty, interior contents immaculate.
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