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.

  • Natural linen, stamped in gilt.
  • San Francisco:: Book Club of California,, 1990
By Dreyfus, John

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1990 One of 450 copies printed by Meriden-Stinehour. Title and chapter headings set in Golden Cockerel type at the Rampant Lions Press. Natural linen, stamped in gilt. . Folio. Forty-two illustrations, including facsimiles of the text, examples of other woodcuts by Gill, Gill letter designs, and images of the pressmen at work. Fine in original plain paper dust jacket, which is itself has become somewhat chipped.

Details

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

Binding

Natural linen, stamped in gilt.

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

Book Club of California,: San Francisco:

Date

1990

Edition

One of 450 copies printed by Meriden-Stinehour. Title and chapte

Size

Folio


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