A Typographical Masterpiece: An account...of Eric Gill's collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 'The Four Gospels' in 1931

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Sale 464: Fine Literature with Books in All Fields (#464) 10/06/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #232A Typographical Masterpiece: An account...of Eric Gill's collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 'The Four Gospels' in 1931

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Sale 464: Fine Literature with Books in All Fields (#464) 10/06/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Title:

A Typographical Masterpiece: An account...of Eric Gill's collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 'The Four Gospels' in 1931

Author:

Dreyfus, John

Place Published:

San Francisco

Publisher:

Book Club of California

Date Published:

1990

Description:

Illustrations from woodcuts by Eric Gill and Robert Gibbings. (Small folio), gilt-stamped cloth. 1 of 450 copies printed by the Meriden-Stinehour Press.

Dreyfus sheds considerable light on how the superb Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ was conceived, planned & executed. BCC 194.

Condition:

Fine.

Item#:

222009

Headline:

A Typographical Masterpiece
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