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Gill, Eric. A Book of Alphabets for Douglas Cleverdon Drawn by Eric Gill. Christopher Skelton, 1987.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardback with slipcase. Linen spine over decorated paper covered boards. 26.5 x 17cm. Number 351 of 550 copies. 15, [30]pp. With a Foreword by Douglas Cleverdon and an Introduction by John Dreyfus. An excellent copy.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Hardback. Slip-Case. 4to. pp 15, 25 plates. Original publishers red cloth over decorative boards, lettered gilt at the spine. Limited edition of 500, this being no. 434. ISBN: 0948906006 Fine in slip-case.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$80.20 + shipping
Description: Half cloth with decorated paper sides. 15pp. + alphabet pages. Pristine copy in the slip-case. No. 350 of 550 numbered copies.
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: First edition limited to 550 copies (this, no. 139 and one of 450 bound by Woolnough Fine Binding); 8vo, pp. 15, [1] followed by 28 leaves of letters and colophon; original quarter red cloth over decorative paper boards, gilt lettering on spine; fine in a fine blue paper slipcase.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$166.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 850 copies bound in stiff covers, printed on Sommerville Laid, Zerkall Halbmatt papers. [viii.], 166, [2] pages, colour & b/w illustrations, including tip-ins and fold -outs. Contributors include Simon Lawrence, Douglas Cleverdon, Christopher Skelton, John Dreyfus, Sebastian Carter, Roderick Cave, Brooke Crutchley, Ward Ritchie, Vance Gerry, Enid Marx, Mark Arman, Noel Carrington, Philip Gallo, etc., Articles cover Stanley Morison on Eric Gill; Eric Gill's Typography; French Resistance Printing; Victor Hammer; Adam & Eve & Golden Cockerel; Edward Gordon Craig; Los Angeles Printers; Enid Marx; The Workshop Press Thaxted; School Presses; George Wiggall; Harry Carter; etc.Single sheet flyer for Matrix 8 laid in. Minor bumping to covers, contents fine, unmarked, some edgewear to dustjacket. [17289/714] Size: 285mm. x 200mm.
Seller: William Glynn, Reydon, United Kingdom
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Printed in Quarto format on fine stiff paper with a stiff paper cover. Heavily illustrated, with numerous tipped in plates, paper samples and the like. A visual delight and known as one of the premier publications of its type in the 20th century. No interior markings and overall fine with publisher's ephemera for Matrix 8 laid in. Edited by John and Rosalind Randle. Printed on Somerville Laid and Zerkall Halbmatt papers. A tribute to fine letterpress printing and featuring the works of such accomplished tradespeople as Stanley Morison (article on Eric Gill), Edwina Ellis, Christopher Skelton, John Dreyfus, Sebastian Carter, Ian Mortimer, Brooke Crutchley and Ward Ritchie (A Medley of Printers Past). A fine copy in an archival plastic cover.
Seller: Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB, Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Unpaginated book. Separate folder with set of alphabets on loose leaves. In 28 cm red slipcase. With a foreword by Douglas Cleverdon and an introduction by John Dreyfus. Bound by Clare Skelton. Limited to 50 copies signed by Cleverdon, of which this is no. 46.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Printed in Quarto format in half-leather. Heavily illustrated, with numerous tipped in plates, paper samples and the like. A visual delight and known as one of the premier publications of its type in the 20th century. No interior markings and overall fine with publisher's ephemera for Matrix 8 and other ephemera laid in. Edited by John and Rosalind Randle. One of 110 copies specially bound in quarter-leather and paper marbled by Colleen Gryspeerdt, from a total edition of 960 copies printed on Somerville Laid and Zerkall Halbmatt papers. A tribute to fine letterpress printing and featuring the works of such accomplished tradespeople and academics as Simon Lawrence, Douglas Cleverdon (article on Srtabley Morisona nd Eric Gill), Edwina Ellis, Christopher Skelton, John Dreyfus, Sebastian Carter, Roderick Cave, Ian Mortimer and Ward Ritchie among others. A fine copy in an archival plastic cover.
Seller: Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB, Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S.A.