Eric Gill’s Engraved Bookplates from the Book Club of California

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51. (Book Club of California) The Engraved Bookplates of Eric Gill 1908-1940. Compiled by Christopher Skelton with an Introduction by Michael Renton and an Afterword by Albert Sperisen. San Francisco. 1986. 79(1)p. 8.75″ x 6.25″.Printed in Linotype Joanna by offset-lithography on Basingwerk Cartridge at the September Press, Wellingborough, England. Red cloth with gilt title on spine. Beige dust jacket with title and a Bookplate in red or black with black title on spine. An edition of 1000 copies: 600 for The Book Club of California and 400 for The Private Libraries Association, England. Fine. Prospectus and Invitation to Open House laid in.

A collection of reproductions of all Fifty-three bookplates in their actual size engraved by Eric Gill from 1908 to 1940.

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Eric Gill’s Engraved Bookplates from the Book Club of California