Lot 143
St Dominic's Press
Collection of works, including variants and inscribed copies
£630
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
most illustrated or written by Eric Gill (Evan Gill numbers in square brackets), titles comprising:
1) Serving at Mass. Being Instructions and Directions for Laymen as to the Manner of Serving at Low Mass. [Colophon: compiled by Eric Gill], 1916. 16mo, original wrappers (variant without the device on front wrapper) [1];
2) Sculpture. An Essay by Eric Gill. Reprinted from The Highway June A.D. 1917. 1918. 2 copies (400 printed), both 8vo, in original wrappers, one copy with price 'One shilling & 6d' on front wrapper with '& 6d' crossed out as issued (Evan Gill's implied first issue), the other copy Evan Gill's variant b with printed price 'One shilling' and no frame on title-page [5];
3) The Mistress of Vision by Francis Thompson, 1918. 2 copies, first editions, 4to, one copy in original quarter linen, one in original black wrappers gilt-lettered on front, the latter with book-label 'Ex libris S. Mariae de Stanbrook' [366];
4) A Book on Vegetable Dyes by Ethel M. Mairet. Published by Douglas Pepler at the Hampshire House Workshops Hammersmith W, and at Ditchling Sussex, 1917. Second edition, 8vo, original wrappers [314];
Happiness and Other Essays by Margaret Scott, 1918. First edition, 8vo, [2] 41 [1] pp., quires loose in original printed wrappers (apparently never sewn in);
5) The Way of the Cross, 1918. Second edition, 16mo, original wrappers, spine chipped [268];
6) Concerning Dragons. A Rhyme by H. D. C. P. Engravings by A. E. R. G., 1921. 2 copies, first and sixth editions, single unsigned gathering of 4 leaves, marked and toned [264];
7) A Plain Plantain. Country Wines, Dishes, and Herbal Cures, from a 17th Century Household M. S. Receipt Book, 1922. First edition (400 copies printed), 8vo, original wrappers (variant binding) [381];
8) Autumn Midnight by Frances Cornford. London: [at St Dominic's Press for] the Poetry Bookshop, 1923. First edition, 8vo, original wrappers [273];
9) Song of the Dressmaker, [1923]. Single unsigned gathering of 4 leaves (12.6 x 9.5cm), stitched as issued [386];
10) The Law the Lawyers Know About, [1923]. Single unsigned gathering of 4 leaves (12.6 x 9.5cm), stitched as issued [272];
11) Catalogue of Books, St Dominic's Press, 1926. Single unsigned gathering of 8 leaves (14.8 x 11.7cm);
12) Bethlehem. A Tableau of the Nativity for Presentation by Children, 1927. 8vo, original red wrappers, inscribed 'With best wishes from the Peplers, Xmas 1926' on the initial blank, light spotting;
13) Mimes Sacred and Profane by H. D. C. Pepler, 1932. Revised edition, 8vo, original wrappers, inscribed 'To Mrs Gardner, from Joseph & Agnes Cribb, Christmas 1932', wrappers slightly creased and marked, spotting to initial blank;
and 5 others, including 2 copies of The Story of How Amnon Ravished his Sister Thamar, Pigotts: printed by Rene Hague and Eric Gill, 1930, original wrappers (225 copies printed)
Footnote
Note: Library Hub traces four copies only of Serving at Mass, and one for Happiness and Other Essays by Margaret Scott, at the British Library. Joseph Cribb (see the copy of Pepler's Mimes Sacred and Profane) was Eric Gill's first apprentice; he married Agnes Weller, nursemaid to Gill's children, in 1915.
Provenance: Property of an English collector.
