Estimate: | £50 - £80 |
Hammer price: | £50 |
[PEPLER, H. D. C. (1878-1951)]. The Law the Lawyers Know About ... Witanbel Watloo. Telegraphic Address of the L.C.C.. Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1929. 16mo (125 x 95mm). 8-pages, 3 woodcut illustrations by Eric Gill and the "Witanbel Watloo" woodcut by David Jones (rectangular patches of browning at upper and lower edges of title and final leaf). Contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards by ROGER POWELL with "Lawyers" stamped in gilt on the upper cover and the binder's stamp on the rear pastedown dated 1932. A very early and modest binding by Roger Powell (1896-1990), described by Bernard Middleton as "one of the most important and influential bookbinders of the last hundred years and, arguably, of any period." Provenance: "Best Christmas wishes from [?]Woolrych" (old inscription on title). The booklet was first published in 1923, with a further, undated, edition also being recorded. Evan R. Gill Bibliography of Eric Gill 272; Taylor & Sewell Saint Dominic's Press: A Bibliography A117.