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Auction archive: Lot number 524

GILL, Eric (1882-1940) -- JOHNSTON, Edward. Manuscript & Inscription Letters for Schools and Classes & for the Use of Craftsmen . London: John Hogg, 1909. 4°. 16 loose plates of lettering, 5 by Eric Gill. Original holland-backed printed boards portfo...

Auction 29.11.2006
29 Nov 2006
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$1,146 - US$1,529
Price realised:
£660
ca. US$1,261
Auction archive: Lot number 524

GILL, Eric (1882-1940) -- JOHNSTON, Edward. Manuscript & Inscription Letters for Schools and Classes & for the Use of Craftsmen . London: John Hogg, 1909. 4°. 16 loose plates of lettering, 5 by Eric Gill. Original holland-backed printed boards portfo...

Auction 29.11.2006
29 Nov 2006
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$1,146 - US$1,529
Price realised:
£660
ca. US$1,261
Beschreibung:

GILL, Eric (1882-1940) -- JOHNSTON, Edward. Manuscript & Inscription Letters for Schools and Classes & for the Use of Craftsmen . London: John Hogg, 1909. 4°. 16 loose plates of lettering, 5 by Eric Gill Original holland-backed printed boards portfolio (slightly soiled, lacks 2 ties). One of Gill's first published works. ST. DOMINIC'S PRESS -- The Common Carol Book . Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1926. 8°. Woodcut illustrations by Gill. Original cloth-backed decorated boards, printed label on front cover, uncut (slightly soiled). Provenance : Noel Blakiston (1905-1984, author and antiquary, signature on endpaper dated 1928, from F.F.U., Francis Fortescue 'Sligger' Urquhart, 1868-1934, Dean of Balliol). Prospectus leaf from the press loosely inserted. And a small quantity of books and other material, including ephemera, by and about Gill.

Auction archive: Lot number 524
Auction:
Datum:
29 Nov 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
29 November 2006, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

GILL, Eric (1882-1940) -- JOHNSTON, Edward. Manuscript & Inscription Letters for Schools and Classes & for the Use of Craftsmen . London: John Hogg, 1909. 4°. 16 loose plates of lettering, 5 by Eric Gill Original holland-backed printed boards portfolio (slightly soiled, lacks 2 ties). One of Gill's first published works. ST. DOMINIC'S PRESS -- The Common Carol Book . Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1926. 8°. Woodcut illustrations by Gill. Original cloth-backed decorated boards, printed label on front cover, uncut (slightly soiled). Provenance : Noel Blakiston (1905-1984, author and antiquary, signature on endpaper dated 1928, from F.F.U., Francis Fortescue 'Sligger' Urquhart, 1868-1934, Dean of Balliol). Prospectus leaf from the press loosely inserted. And a small quantity of books and other material, including ephemera, by and about Gill.

Auction archive: Lot number 524
Auction:
Datum:
29 Nov 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
29 November 2006, London, South Kensington
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