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Work and Property
by Eric Gill
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Bellevue, Kentucky, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
8vo, yellow buckram cloth with gilt titles, 141pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (Seven & Sixpence). Dust jacket mildly rubbed and toned, sunning to spine. Foxing to top edge of text block. Firmly bound with clean contents. A collection of essays expounding principles of Catholic distributism, treating of art and aesthetics in relationship to modern industry and work. Illustrated with 12 pictures by Denis Tegetmeier. Typography and design by Gill. A handsome copy in mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heaven-Haven Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B-59
- Title
- Work and Property
- Author
- Eric Gill
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Catholica - Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
Heaven-Haven Books
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About the Seller
Heaven-Haven Books
Biblio member since 2024
Bellevue, Kentucky
About Heaven-Haven Books
Est. 2020. Secondhand, rare & uncommon books, bought & sold. Our specialties include contemporary small press poetry, Southern & Appalachian literature, Kentuckiana, classical and modern philosophy, Catholicism and Christian theology.
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- Buckram
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- Gilt
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