Name: Auction: Gill, Eric (1882-1940) Collection of wood-engraved working proofs
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 756 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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for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury Tales, 1929-31, all on irregularly cut or roughly torn-off strips of brown paper, with titles in pencil and numbers in ink to head, comprising: The Monk's Tale, headpiece [Skelton P600]; Crucifix with Man Kneeling, tailpiece to Melibeus [P599]; The Money Bag, tailpiece to The Monk's Tale [P602]; Christchild, tailpiece to the Prioress's Tale [P597]; The Prioress's Tale, headpiece [P588]; The Tale of Melibeus, headpiece [P593]; The Tale of Sir Topas, headpiece [P590]; The Nun's Priest's Tale, headpiece [P603]; Initials H and O with Venus Modestly Holding Spray, Cupid Playing Football with the World [P582]; and 4 historiated leaf-spray borders

Collection of wood-engraved working proofs

Gill, Eric (1882-1940)

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Gill, Eric (1882-1940)

Collection of wood-engraved working proofs

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