Name: Auction: Gill, Eric (1882-1940) Original cover-design for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury Tales, 1930
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 5544 GBP
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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II

Our Autumn 2022 auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps &amp; Photographs included highlights such as an autograph letter from Oliver Cromwell on the marriage of his daughter, an exceptionally early album of photographic salt prints by Edinburgh architect Charles George Hood Kinnear, and a collection of autograph letters from John Ruskin to his acolyte Ada Hartnell.&nbsp;It also featured the&nbsp;Library of the Late William St Clair Part II, and an important collection of private press material including original artwork and sculpture by Eric Gill. &nbsp;

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Featuring the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II

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depicting the Wife of Bath astride a horse, pen and ink with pencil, 14.5 x 12cm, signed and dated 'EG 7.8.30' lower right, annotated by Gill, captioned 'Design for tooled device on Vol. III of G. C. Press Canterbury Tales (vellum copies)' by him at foot, in double-aperture mount with an autograph letter signed by Gill commenting on the design and containing a pen-and-ink sketch showing an alternative design, framed and glazed

Original cover-design for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury Tales, 1930

Gill, Eric (1882-1940)

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Gill, Eric (1882-1940)

Original cover-design for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury Tales, 1930

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