Gill

1990 · réf. 17063103 — San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1990. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. One of 450 copies folio size 120 pp. with prospectus. This publication from the Book Club of California is an in-depth look at the Golden Cockerel Press edition of "The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ" printed in 1931; John Dreyfus presents the history and development of this masterful work through numerous facsimiles of documents pertaining to the publication including sketches and working papers and the original paste-ups for the text. This volume particularly focuses on the work of printer and typographer Eric Gill 1882-1940 who completed a prodigious amount of work for the Golden Cockerel Press designing and illustrating fine press editions with his skillful and detailed wood engravings. ___DESCRIPTION: Full beige cloth illustration in gilt on the front board gilt lettering on the spine brown endpapers frontispiece a facsimile of a wood engraving by Eric Gill title page with illustration of a cockerel in black facsimiles of wood engravings by Gill type specimens and pages from "The Four Gospels" as well as black-and-white photographs throughout; linotronic Galliard type Mohawk Superfine paper folio size 13.25" by 9.5" pagination: i-vi vii-xii xiii-xiv 1-105 1 colophon one of 450 copies unnumbered. In a glassine wrapper. With the original publisher's prospectus a single sheet folded once to four pages folio size Golden Cockerel publisher's device on the front sample illustration from the book on page 2 prospectus information on pp. three and four. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine with clean boards straight corners with no rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean crisp as new. The glassine wrapper is near fine clean with a few spots of light wear and one small one-quarter-inch closed tear to the top of the rear panel. Prospectus is near fine clean with a few shallow creases. ___CITATION: BCC no. 194. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Book Club of California hardcover books