St Dominic's Press
Set of Welfare Handbooks, 1919-23
£1,764
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
No. 1. Health, 1919. 2 copies, one annotated 'SPOILT COPY' on front wrapper and with Eric Gill's bookplate to inside;
No. 2. Town Planning, 1919;
No. 3. Riches, 1919;
No. 4. Woes, [1919]. Gift inscription to initial blank incorporating cruciform motif (possibly a Guild symbol);
No. 5. Birth Control, 1919;
No. 6. Commerce;
No. 7. Dress. 2 copies, one with title-device in red, the other in black;
No. 8. Education: The Monk's School, 1922 [bound with:] No. 9. Missions, 1922 [and:] No. 10. War Memorial, [1923], a fragmentary copy. 3 works in 1 volume;
all in original printed wrappers except Nos. 8-10 (in contemporary orange half morocco, probably a Guild binding), No. 5 (Birth Control) in the variant wrappers with lion rampant device on front board, wood-engravings by Eric Gill throughout [Evan Gill 370, N/A, 270, 371, 6, N/A, 7, N/A, 380, 9]
Footnote
Provenance: Property of an English collector.