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Gill Eric
FIRST NUDES
London: Neville Spearman 1954. red paper-covered boards dust jacket. small 4to. red paper-covered boards dust jacket. 35 pages. First edition Gill no.636.10. With introduction by Sir John Rothenstein. Reproduces Gill's sketch book with represents his first attempts at life drawing. Contains 23 sketches. Jacket chipping around edges minor soiling. Neville Spearman unknown books
Bookseller reference : 96794
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Gill Eric
ART & PRUDENCE
N.P.: Golden Cockerel Press 1928. orange cloth. Golden Cockerel Press. 12mo. orange cloth. vi 18 2 pages 2 plates. An Essay by Eric Gill. Limited to 500 copies Cave 61; Chanticleer: 61. The essay was originally a lecture at Manchester University on 7 February 1928. Two engravings on copper by the author accompany the text. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper using Caslon O.F. type. Wolfe 31. Spine slightly faded. With previous owners stamp on front pastedown. Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 124160
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Gill Evan R.
INSCRIPTIONAL WORK OF ERIC GILL AN INVENTORY
London: Cassell & Co 1964. cloth dust jacket. Gill Eric. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xvii 140 pages of text followed by 16 plates. First edition. Record of work incised into stone painted upon wood and engraved in metal. Jacket slightly age darkened along edges. Cassell & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 6409
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Gill Joseph O.
GILL'S INDEX TO JOURNALS ARTICLES AND BOOKS RELATING TO GEMS AND JEWELRY
Santa Monica CA: Gemological Institute of America 1978. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiv 420 pages. Frontispiece. Table of contents preface introduction Arranged chronologically by subject. Gemological Institute of America unknown books
Bookseller reference : 119638
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Gill Evan R.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC GILL
Folkestone and London: Dawsons of Pall Mall 1974. cloth. Gill Eric. small 4to. cloth. xv 224 pages. Reprint of the 1953 edition. Illustrated. An important reference work on this English book illustrator. With a foreword by Walter Shewring. Covers rubbed. Top edge of the text block rubbed. Boards slightly warped. Dawsons of Pall Mall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 87176
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Gill Evan R.
ERIC GILL A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies 1991. cloth dust jacket. Gill Eric. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xv 368 pages. Revised by D. Steven Corey and Julia Mackenzie. Decades have passed since the death of Eric Gill 1882-1940 and yet the reputation of this remarkable artist and thinker continues to grow. Famous for his stone carving wood engraving type designs and writing he has also found a wide appeal amongst a younger generation who are sympathetic to his outlook on life - to "make a cell of good living in the chaos of our world." Since the original bibliography by Gill's brother Evan was published in 1953 a great deal of new material has come to light in the fine collections built up in the USA and elsewhere in recent years and this new edition is a complete revision of the original bibliography. It includes not only all the new discoveries but also the material published on Gill in the last thirty-eight years. The number of bibliographical entries has increased by over one third in this greatly expanded work. The book has been redesigned with advice from Gill's nephew Christopher Skelton placing greater emphasis on the illustrations which have been either retaken from the original editions or introduced as completely new ones of bibliographical interest. St Paul's Bibliographies unknown books
Bookseller reference : 32780
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Gill Evan R.
ERIC GILL A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies 1991. cloth dust jacket. Gill Eric. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xv 368 pages. Revised by D. Steven Corey and Julia Mackenzie. It is sixty years since the death of Eric Gill 1882-1940 and yet the reputation of this remarkable artist and thinker continues to grow. Famous for his stone carving wood engraving type designs and writing he has also found a wide appeal amongst a younger generation who are sympathetic to his outlook on life - to "make a cell of good living in the chaos of our world." Since the original bibliography by Gill's brother Evan was published in 1953 a great deal of new material has come to light in the fine collections built up in the USA and elsewhere in recent years and this new edition is a complete revision of the original bibliography. It includes not only all the new discoveries but also the material published on Gill in the last thirty-eight years. The number of bibliographical entries has increased by over one third in this greatly expanded work. The book has been redesigned with advice from Gill's nephew Christopher Skelton placing greater emphasis on the illustrations which have been either retaken from the original editions or introduced as completely new ones of bibliographical interest. Jackets soiled. St Paul's Bibliographies unknown books
Bookseller reference : 51852
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Gill Evan R.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC GILL
London: Cassell & Co 1953. cloth top edge gilt. Gill Eric. small 4to. cloth top edge gilt. xv 224 pages. First edition. Illustrated. For the collector of Eric Gill who wants all versions of the bibliography including the first edition. With a foreword by Walter Shewring. Cassell & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 73478
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Gill Robert S.
AUTHOR PUBLISHER PRINTER COMPLEX.THE
Baltimore: The Williams and Wilkins Company 1940. cloth. 12mo. cloth. iv 76 pages. A guide to navigating the process of publishing and printing books. Table of contents. Spine lightly faded. The Williams and Wilkins Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 115491
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Tyson Carolyn A. and Rowland P. Gill
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARINES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.AN
Washington DC: Historical Division Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps 1972. stiff paper wrappers. Marines. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xii 76 pages. Foreword by Brigadier General E.H. Simons. Historical Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps unknown books
Bookseller reference : 100329
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GILL David GILL Mrs. Isobel
Six Months in Ascension: An Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition
London: John Murray 1880. Second edition inscribed by David Gill. Hinges split; top corner of front free endpaper wanting—despite these faults still a nice copy. 8vo. liv 285 pp. with 32 pp. of ads dated September 1888 bound in at rear. Frontispiece map and with tables and figures in the text.Publisher's brown cloth stamped in black and in gilt. Inscribed by David Gill on half-title: "To Annie Maclear/with best wishes/from David Gill/1890 Nov 18". Four-page manuscript poem "In Memoriam" pinned to front free endpaper. An account of Isobel Sarah Black Gill's 1848-1919 life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish astronomer Sir David Gill 1843-1914. The purpose of this 1877 expedition was to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. In his introduction to his wife's book he details the various historical attempts at this same endeavor. Among his many achievements David Gill was a pioneer in the field of astrophotography he photographed the Great Comet of 1882 and he served as the director of Lord Lindsay's later 26th Earl of Crawford private observatory. Also the Carte du Ciel project-an international effort to catalogue and map the stars-was continued largely due to Gill's support. His expedition to Ascension Island was partially funded by the Royal Astronomical Society where he later served as president from 1909-1911. Despite Isobel's claim that the book is an "unscientific account" in Chapter I she wrote a very knowledgeable description of her husband's work which relied upon objects such as knitting needles and lengths of fabric to explain the measuring of astronomical distances and angles. David Gill was once asked if his wife knew anything about astronomy to which he replied "Not a word thank God!" Inscribed to Annie Maclear 1868-1945 the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Maclear 1794-1879 an Irish astronomer known for his work recalculating the dimensions of the Earth and also a friend of David Livingstone. Both Maclear and Gill spent much of their careers in South Africa and both served as Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope from 1833-1870 and 1879-1907 respectively. When they first moved to Ascension Island Annie Maclear was one of the Gills' first visitors and became a dear friend. On December 28 1890 in Cape Town South Africa Annie married Harold Jacoby 1865-1932 an American astronomer and an assistant of Gill's. This book was perhaps an engagement or wedding gift as the inscription is dated a month before the wedding. Laid in is a fair copy of a lengthy poem in honor of Maclear entitled "In Memoriam" "Died at Mowbray on the 14th July 1879. Sir Thomas Maclear late H. M. Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope in his 86th year." that is signed by Gill although her name appears to be misspelled "Isabel". The poem appears to be unique as we can find no mention or trace of it and to our knowledge it remains unpublished. A footnote explains that Maclear was totally blind in his last years and the poem ends appropriately with the lines "The weary eyes that rested here/Preparing for a purer light/Have opened far beyond the stars/And endless day succeeds the night." In a letter to the English mathematician and astronomer Sir George Airy notifying him of Thomas Maclear's death David Gill wrote that though he had only met him a few times he was deeply impressed by Maclear's work and hoped to "produce much valuable metal from the ore which Maclear has collected.". <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 401565
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Wilson Gill Robb
I Walked with Giants
New York; 1968: Vantage Press. First Edition. Octavo. 291 pages. Illustrated with photographic images. One of the great autobiographies of a major figure in early flight. He flew with the Lafayette Flying Corps and founded the Civil Air Patrol. He was the first member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association AOPA. He was editor of Flying Magazine and involved with the investigation of the zeppelin Hindenburg disaster. He witnessed the test of the atomic bomb on Bikini Island which it is thought led to his death. He wrote a foreword to Richard Bach's first book Stranger to the Ground. Embry-Riddle University has dedicated a building to him the Gill Robb Wilson Memorial Aeronautical Science Center. Bound in blue cloth spine lettering white near fine in clipped pictorial dust jacket showing only light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Vantage Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 027504
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Gill Eric OSD. O. S.
Drawings From Life
London; 1940: Hague & Gill Ltd. First Edition. Octavo. xv pp. 36 full page line drawings of nude women. Bound in blue cloth stamped in silver spine lettering silver some light scattered foxing to plates. A very good copy in very good unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine and edges. Hague & Gill Ltd unknown books
Bookseller reference : 022230
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HDC. Pepter and AERG.Eric Gill H. D. A. E. R. G.
Concerning Dragons
Sussex: S. Dominic's Press 1921. 3" X 4 1/2" no pagination. with six wood cuts by Eric Gill. Bound in pivtorial paper wraps. Near fine. S. Dominic's Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 022213
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Gardner Oliver Max Edwin Gill Compiler David Leroy Corbitt Editor
Public Papers and Letters of Oliver Max Gardner Governor of North Carolina 1929-1933
Raleigh: Council of State State of North Carolina 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 788pp. index. Portrait of Gardner on frontispiece. Several pages in middle of book have their corners bent. Boards have light age wear. Very Good. Raleigh: Council of State, State of North Carolina, 1937 unknown books
Bookseller reference : 013006
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Grint Keith and Rosalind Gill editors
The Gender-Technology Relation: Contemporary Theory and Research
London: Taylor & Francis Publishers 1995. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216pp. A collection of scholarly viewpoints on gender issues in society from domestic practices telephone sales and science technology. Each article has references. Index. In printed paper wraps. Taylor & Francis, Publishers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 009040
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Gill Brendan
Death in April & Other Poems
Windham: Hawthorn House 1935. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 43pp. Limited to 160 copies. Black boards have faint splash marks. Windham: Hawthorn House, 1935 unknown books
Bookseller reference : 002462
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Gill Brendan
The Day the Money Stopped
New York: Doubleday 1957. Cloth fine in fine dust jacket with slight chip at base of spine. First edition. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 13393
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Lambe Ron editor Franklin Abbott John Gill MichaelGlover Edward Mycue et al.
RFD: a country journal for gay men everywhere; #41 Winter 1984/85 vol. 11 #2
Bakersville NC: RFD 1984. Magazine. 64p. 8.25x10.5 inches poetry editorials photos art fair magazine in stapled pictorial white wraps with heavy toning and wear splits at spinefold. Rustic Fairy Dreams aka Radical Faerie Digest. RFD unknown books
Bookseller reference : 249720
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Gill Evan R.
Bibliography of Eric Gill. Foreword by Walter Shewring
London: Cassell & Co Ltd 1953. Hardcover. xv 224p. hardbound in 10x6.5 inch dark blue buckram boards gilt t.e.g. elegant presswork done by University Press Cambridge in a run of 1000 this being no. 557. Features a goodly number of Gill vignettes; handsome book in handsome condition clean sound and unmarked. Cassell & Co Ltd hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 242128
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Supek Ivan and NN. Gill transl. N. N.
Crown Witness Against Hebrang
Chicago: Markanton Press 1983. 308p. trade paperback dog-eared corners to front cover written note on first front end-page referencing page 129. Ink not surprisingly found on page 129. a couple of dog-eared pages a good reading copy. "A Docu-novel.A history of the time and a biographical novel of one man's journey to the promised Jugoslav utopia. Author was a Croatian ex-communist expelled from the Croation Communist Party for liberal and humanist views. Markanton Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 226906
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Gill John
Queer Noises: male and female homosexuality in twentieth-century music
London: Cassell 1995. Paperback. vii 184p. index very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Benjamin Britten Bessie Smith Pet Shop Boys Madonna et al. Cassell paperback books
Bookseller reference : 223470 ISBN : 0304343021 9780304343027
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Hettne Bjorne editor Robert Cox Stephen Gill Kees van der Pijl James Rosenau & Yohikazu Sakamoto
International Political Economy: understanding global disorder
London: Zed Books 1995. Paperback. 152p. margins of text-block yellowed otherwise a good first trade paperback edition in wraps. Zed Books paperback books
Bookseller reference : 222012 ISBN : 1856492966 9781856492966
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Gill Eric; Evan R. Gill; J. Terry Bender compiler
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Eric Gill from the collections of Albert Sperisen & others; With an introduction by Evan R. Gill. Stanford University Library November 7th to December 11th 1954
Palo Alto: Printed at the Greenwood Press for Stanford University Library 1954. Pamphlet. ix 23p. rubricated titlepage two vignette cuts softbound in stapled 9x6 inch green wraps. Spinefold is sunned edges are worn with dog-damage to back cover an inch-long marginal chip creasing and a few tooth-marks. A fair copy clean and sound within. One of a run of 500. Printed at the Greenwood Press for Stanford University Library unknown books
Bookseller reference : 210668
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Ford Samuel E. editor Katherina Gill Lou baca et al.
Wings & waves
Alameda: Alameda Poets 1976. viii 90p. foreword very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Long inscription signed by contributor Gill. Alameda Poets unknown books
Bookseller reference : 160196 ISBN : 0916734013 9780916734015
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Gill John editor alta Doug Blazek John Judson Lyn Lifshin et al.
New: American and Canadian Poetry; no. 13 Sept. 1970
Trumansburg: New: A & C Poetrry 1970. 48p. 6.25x8.25 inches reviews contributors' notes very good poetry journal in stapled pictorial wraps. Gay Lesbian Beat Feminist poetry. New: A & C Poetrry unknown books
Bookseller reference : 144358
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Gill John editor Judson Crews Philip Levine Margaret Atwood Ian Young et al.
New: American and Canadian Poetry; no. 12 April 1970
Trumansburg: New: A & C Poetrry 1970. 48p. 6.25x8.25 inches reviews contributors' notes very good in stapled red pictorial wraps. New: A & C Poetrry unknown books
Bookseller reference : 144357
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Gill John editor Ian Young James Hawkes Aram Boyajian Tom Wayman etc.
New: American and Canadian Poetry: no. 9 April 1969
Trumansburg: New: A & C Poetrry 1969. 44p. 6.25x8.25 inches reviews contributors' notes very good in stapled pictorial wraps. New: A & C Poetrry unknown books
Bookseller reference : 144356
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Bor Robert and Jonathan Elford editors Carol Levine E. Maxine Ankrah Gill Green et al.
The Family and HIV
London: Cassell 1994. Paperback. xviii 282p. introduction references footnotes tables very good later printing trade paperback in lavender wraps. Cassell paperback books
Bookseller reference : 127049 ISBN : 0304329851 9780304329854
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Young Ian introduction by John Gill
Double Exposure
Trumansburg NY: New Books 1970. 40p 6x9 inches introduction very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Some Uranian content. New Books unknown books
Bookseller reference : 76603
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Gill John
Between worlds; new & selected poems
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press 1993. Paperback. 108p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Contains homoerotic poetry. Hanging Loose Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 24014 ISBN : 0914610740 9780914610748
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Gill John
Gill's Blues
Trumansburg: New/Books 1969. Paperback. 40p 6.25x8.25 inches signed handwritten note from Gill to Canadian poet Tom Marshall laid in chapbook in stapled printed tan wraps rear wrap creased else very good condition. Gill's second book preceding the founding of Crossing Press. Young 1438. New/Books paperback books
Bookseller reference : 57500
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McBarnet Gill
Fountain of fire
Puuene: Ruwanga Trading 1987. 32p. profusely illus. children's book on indigenous Hawaiians in the modern era facing a volcano 6.5x7.5 inches previous owner's name. Ruwanga Trading unknown books
Bookseller reference : 68616 ISBN : 0961510234 9780961510237
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Gill John
From the Diary of Peter Doyle and other poems
Plainfield IN: Alembic Press 1981. Paperback. 76p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Young 1437. Alembic Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 44841 ISBN : 0934184143 9780934184144
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Poetry. Gill John b. 1924
YOUNG MAN'S LETTER
Trumansburg N.Y.: NEW / BOOKS 1967. 1st Printing. Grey paper covers with front cover printed with large graphic of a young man. Original price sticker to rear cover. Modest wear small glue stain to rear cover still VG. 38 ll printed french-fold. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Author's first book. NEW / BOOKS unknown books
Bookseller reference : 48967
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Gill Frederick W.; Gilbert L. Bates
AIRLINE COMPETITION. A Study of the Effects of Competition on the Quality and Price of Airline Service and the Self-Sufficiency of the United States Domestic Airlines.
Boston: Harvard University 1949. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xvi 704 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Original hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket is browned on the spine with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Harvard University Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 016624
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GILL Brendan
MANY MASKS; A life of Frank Lloyd Wright
NY: Putnam's 1987. First printing. 8vo pp. 544. Notes index. Illustrated wtih photographs. Author's signature on flyleaf. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in scuffed and very slightly chipped dj. Putnam's unknown books
Bookseller reference : 54889 ISBN : 0399132325 9780399132322
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GILL Brendan
A NEW YORK LIFE; Of friends and others
NY: Poseidon 1990. First printing. 8vo pp. 348. Index. Slightly bumped at upper corners of cover o/w a nice copy in price-clipped and somewhat soiled dj. Essays on 40 or so of the most interesting people the New Yorker writer met. Poseidon unknown books
Bookseller reference : 45649
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GILL Frances
WINDY LEAF
NY: Macmillan 1924. First Edition. 8vo pp. 58. Color frontis. Aqua cloth stamped in gilt.Cover little scuffed and soiled one hinge near tender o/w VG. Short poems for children. Macmillan unknown books
Bookseller reference : 31944
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GILL. SPEAIGHT Robert
THE LIFE OF ERIC GILL
NY: Kennedy 1966. First edn. 8vo pp. 323. A fine copy in little chipped and soiled dj. This is a biography of the noted type designer. Kennedy unknown books
Bookseller reference : 14005
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JACOBS Flora Gill and Estrid Faurholt
A BOOK OF DOLLS & DOLL HOUSES
Rutland VT: Tuttle 1967. Second printing. 4to pp. 224. Copiously illustrated in black and white; a few in color. Fine in slightly soiled dj. and plain box. Tuttle unknown books
Bookseller reference : 38274
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Gill Brendan
Fair Land to Build in: The Architecture of the Empire State
Preservation League of. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Preservation League of unknown books
Bookseller reference : L01B-01430 ISBN : 0942000048 9780942000047
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Gill Eric: Elkin Mathews Ltd
THE WORK OF ERIC GILL A STONE-CARVING ORIGINAL BLOCKS ENGRAVINGS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INCLUDING THE COLLECTION FORMED BY MR. DOUGLAS CLEVERDON wrapper title
Takeley Bishop's Stortford: Elkin Mathews 1953. Pictorial wrapper. Frontispiece reproductions of 30 black and white woodblock prints and engravings. 434 items listed. Wrapper split at spine to first staple pencil notations on front wrapper smudge to rear wrapper else very good. Elkin Mathews unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT83580
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Gill Brendan
The Dream Come True: Great Houses of Los Angeles
Lippincott 1980-08-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. ISigned by Authors. Signed by Authors Signed by Author 0690018932 Signed & Limited Edition- #178 of 345 - Signed by both Brendan Gill and Derry Moore First Edition stated In slipcase Only minor shelf wear clean good binding no marks or notations. Lippincott hardcover books
Bookseller reference : E1003901 ISBN : 0690018932 9780690018936
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Champsaur Felicien; Dessin par Andre Gill
Les Hommes D'Aujourd'Hui
Paris 1878-1881. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. 4to 29n by 19 cm. A complete run of 142 weekly installments of four page brochures of the most famous Frenchmen of the day and a few others such as Garibaldi each with a color lithograph caricature on the front page followed by a three page loose biography and appreciation. All of this is attractively bound in quarter red calf over marbled boards. Beginning with Victor Hugo figures covered include Leon Gambetta Sarah Bernhardt Alphonse Daudet Andre Gill himself Georges Clemenceau Louis Blanc Ferdinand DeLesseps and on and on. They come from all spheres of professional activity. Many are now obscure but even if you don't know the indvidual you can appreciate and enjoy the visual send-up of him. Tight and clean. A little shelfwear along edges of the boards. Minor scuffing of the calf and boards. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 001389
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GILL Tom.
Wildcat 13.
NY: Putnam. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. First edition. Slight spine slant else very good in a good small hole at mid-spine minor edge wear and fading price clipped dust jacket. . Putnam hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 7192
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Brendan Gill
Here At The New Yorker
Random House 1975 1975. Book. Very Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-394-48989-6. Very fine copy in like jacket. First edition fifth printing. Random House, 1975 Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 001602 ISBN : 0394489896 9780394489896
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Gill Speaight Robert
LIFE OF ERIC GILL
New York. P.J. Kenedy & Sons. 1966. New York. P.J. Kennedy & Sons. 1966. 4to.324pp. Cloth binding in black w/o the Dj. Otherwise a fine copy. LOC 66-25003 unknown books
Bookseller reference : 706
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Pepler Hilary Douglas Clark 1878 1951. Gill Eric 1882 1940 Illustrator
The DEVIL'S DEVICES or Control Versus Service
London: The Hampshire House Workshops 1915. 1st Edition Gill/Corey/Mackenzie 259. Beige quarter cloth stamped in black red paper over boards printed in black. Extremity wear; spine darkened; spotting to boards; abrasion to paper overlay of rear board. Internally clean and sound overall with only minor foxing to endpapers and occasional very minor soil to margins. About VG. viii 123 5 pp. B/w woodcut illustrations by Eric Gill. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>A solid copy of the second book Gill illustrated with a total of 11 woodcuts including the five triangular devices. One of 1300 non-"proof" copies priced at 2s. 6d. The Hampshire House Workshops hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 43354
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Holmes Oliver Wendell 1809 1894. Gill Thomas. English William
REPORT Of The DINNER GIVEN To CHARLES DICKENS In Boston February 1st 1842. Reported by Thomas Gill and William English Reporters of the Morning Post
Boston: William Cosby and Company 1842. 1st separate appearance BAL 8735n; Gimbel B112; Kitton 1; Tilton p. 560. Original buff printed wrappers. Custom red cloth chemise with leather title label to spine. Period pos 2. Faint tide lines to text upper margin. A respectable VG copy. Case - VG with two bookplates 'Frank Maier' & 'Thomas Wallace'. 2 66 pp. Dickens' speech recorded on pp. 10 - 15. Holmes' 'Song' p. 33. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>This dinner was sponsored by a committee of 'Young Men of Boston' who had extended their invitation to the also young but already famous author before he left England. The dinner was held in Papanti's Hall with Josiah Quincy Jr as Chair who was ably assisted by Oliver Wendell Holmes & Nathan Hale Jr; the young James T. Fields was a guest. Also in attendance was "Josiah Quincy Sr the president of Harvard Washington Allston the poet & artist; George Bancroft the Historian & Richard Henry Dana Jr. . Letters were read from Prescott Washington Irving William Ellery Channing Judge Story and others regretting their inability to be there." In his remarks Dickens introduced the subject of International Copyright a topic dear to his heart if not those in attendance. This was one of the first salvos in a battle that was to rage for decades and the local papers were not slow to respond saying Dickens' remarks were in bad taste for a social gathering & charged him with creating a "huge dissonance". Evidently the future prominent Boston publisher Mr Fields thought Nevermind with respect to the copyright issue for he is known to have written shortly thereafter "Was there ever such a night before in our staid city" and he would later become a staunch friend to and publisher of the 'Inimitable'. cf. Johnson. DICKENS pp. 374-376. After the dinner Dickens wrote Forster "It was a most superb affair and the speaking admirable." Per Fielding Dickens "left Boston on 5 February with happier memories of his visit there than of anywhere else in America when four months later he returned to England." Fielding. SPEECHES Of DICKENS. p. 22. Scarce. Only 2 cc at auction in the past 25 years the last being 1998. This only the second copy we've ever been able to offer in the 20 years we've been handling Dickens material. William Cosby and Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 27245.2
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