£2,394
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
Ditchling: S. Dominic's Press, 1925. 8vo, original buckram-backed grey paper boards, 10 wood-engravings by Eric Gill, dust jacket (spine toned and partially split, a few other nicks, mathematical equation pencilled to front flap) [Evan Gill 77]
Note:
Eric Gill's personal working copy of the second edition, inscribed by him 'Eric Gill sd, capel-y-ffin, July 23rd 1925, from H.P.' on the front free endpaper, with his pencilled revisions to the introduction and verso of the title-page, proof sheets for the introduction laid in, his pencilled monogram (followed by an encircled figure '10') to the front free endpaper and dust jacket, and his Pigotts bookplate to the front pastedown. 'H. P.' is presumably H. C. D. Pepler. The first edition appeared in 1920 and contained five wood-engravings by Gill, increased to ten for this edition.
Provenance: Property of an English collector.