Hardcover
1941 · [London]
by [Chinese Folk Tales]; Acton, Harold and Yi-Hsieh, Lee (Translators): Waley, Arthur (Preface); Gill, Eric and Tegetmeier, Denis (Artists)
[London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1941. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Gill, Eric. One of 350 copies, quarto size, 139 pp. Eric Gill (1882-1940) was a highly regarded artist, printmaker, sculptor, and typographer (as well as a complicated man). Gill provided illustrations for numerous fine press publications by the Golden Cockerel Press and the Saint Dominic's Press, as well as with Pepler under the imprint of the St. Dominic's Press. This work contains five of Gill's illustrations, the last done during his lifetime; per the colophon, "[d]uring the last week of his life, while in hospital, he completed the drawings, which after his death were interpreted on copper by his son-in-law, Denis Tegetmeier."
As an interesting perspective, per the bibliography: "[t]his book was set, printed, bound, and published during the London blitz, but it justified our belief that lovers of fine books would not be deterred by Hitler from supporting those who produced them."
___DESCRIPTION: Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in quarter blue morocco, gilt lettering and cockerel device on the spine, with bright yellow cloth over boards, four Chinese characters in gilt on the front board, top edge gilt, frontispiece one of the five Gill illustrations bound in throughout; Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, quarto size (10 1/8" by 7 3/4"), pagination: [1-8] 9-138 [1, colophon]; limited edition of 350 copies, this no. 50.
___CONDITION: Better than very good, the blue morocco shelfback smooth and supple, the front board clean other than some light dustiness (the back board with sunning along the top inch and a quarter), a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some sunning to the spine, a bump to the tail of the spine, the corners bumped with minor rubbing, and some light foxing throughout.
___CITATIONS: Gill no. 301, Pertelote no. 149.
___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. (Inventory #: 24032419)
As an interesting perspective, per the bibliography: "[t]his book was set, printed, bound, and published during the London blitz, but it justified our belief that lovers of fine books would not be deterred by Hitler from supporting those who produced them."
___DESCRIPTION: Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in quarter blue morocco, gilt lettering and cockerel device on the spine, with bright yellow cloth over boards, four Chinese characters in gilt on the front board, top edge gilt, frontispiece one of the five Gill illustrations bound in throughout; Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, quarto size (10 1/8" by 7 3/4"), pagination: [1-8] 9-138 [1, colophon]; limited edition of 350 copies, this no. 50.
___CONDITION: Better than very good, the blue morocco shelfback smooth and supple, the front board clean other than some light dustiness (the back board with sunning along the top inch and a quarter), a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some sunning to the spine, a bump to the tail of the spine, the corners bumped with minor rubbing, and some light foxing throughout.
___CITATIONS: Gill no. 301, Pertelote no. 149.
___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. (Inventory #: 24032419)
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