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Hammer price: | £220 |
GILL, Eric (1882-1940) & David JONES (1895-1974, illustrator). Christianity and Art. Capel-y-Ffin, Abergavenny: Francis Walterson, 1927 [but 1928]. 8vo (196 x 113mm). Half title, woodcut illustration by Eric Gill on the title and at the end, woodcut frontispiece by David Jones titled "The Artist", printed in Caslon type on Batchelor hand-made paper. Original blue buckram gilt, uncut (spine faded, without a dust-jacket, as issued). NUMBER 21 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST. The colophon states: "This essay was first printed in Blackfriars, the review of the English Dominicans. It has been revised by the Author and is now published with the permission of the Editor of Blackfriars. This edition was printed at The Shakespeare Head Press at Stratford-upon-Avon for Francis Walterson ..." The only book to be signed as part of the limitation both by Gill and Jones. Evan Gill Eric Gill. A Bibliography 13.