Clay Enid (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gill, Eric (illustrator). Limited Edition. The Constant Mistress by Enid Clay. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Limited Edition number 244 of 300. 8vo. 41pp. (6" by 8.75"). With six woodcut engravings by Eric Gill. Signed on the limitation page by both Clay and Gill. Issued as a sister volume to Clay's Sonnets & Verses. Tan paper covered boards show toning and discoloration. Titling label adhered at spine is a little frayed. Pages are clean and crisp. Intact tissue guards. About very good condition. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. #144 of 450 slender hardcover, cloth over paper. Tight and unmarked with small previous owner's initial label to front paste down. Now in clean mylar jacket. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Hardcover. 8vo (8.75" x 6"), green paper boards in half tan cloth with title-author leather stamped on spine. Previous owner bookplate on front paste-down. b&w woodcut engravings throughout. Author and illus. autograph on colophon. 40 pp. CONDITION: Very good, front and back covers faded and spine sunned but text-block fine. Edition 191 of 300. "Uniform with Enid Clay's Sonnets & Verses, also illustrated by Gill [his first collaboration with Golden Cockerel]." "This is no. 101 of the Golden Cockerel Press publications" (Gill). Signed by both Eric Gill and Enid Clay (Gill's sister) on the colophon. REFERENCES: Gill 293; Chanticleer 101; Skelton 38.

Hardcover. Eric Gill (illustrator). Number 83 of 450. One-quarter tan cloth boards with blue covers; mounted title card on spine; 35 pp, uncut and untrimmed; richly illustrated with wood engravings by Eric Gill. This is a very rare copy of this poetry book by Enid Clay. It contains lovely illustrations (wood engravings) by Eric Gill. This is numbered 83 of 450 printed. VG (Boards show discoloration at the edges and shelfwear, and scratches; there is darkening to the spine and the label is age-toned; text block edges are foxed; text block shows extremely mild cockling at the edges; pages are lightly age-toned; there is a bit of glue visible at the bottom edge of the pages.).

Condition: Good. 8vo. Original green boards (slightly discolored, as is always the case) with linen spine, in a custom made clamshell box with lettering. in fine condition. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is no. 226, signed by the artist and author on the colophon. Illustrated with 6 wood-engravings (Physick, 867, 872-876) by Eric Gill. Evan Gill Bibliography, 293; Chanticleer, 101; Skelton, 38.

Condition: Good. 8vo. Original blue boards with linen spine, in a custom made clamshell box with lettering. in fine condition. Limited to 450 copies, of which this is no. 248. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Illustrated with 8 wood-engravings (Physick, 281-288) by Eric Gill. Evan Gill Bibliography, 274; Chanticleer, 69; Skelton, 150.

Limited edition, number 186 of 300 copies, signed by the author and illustrator; 8vo; 6 wood engravings by Eric Gill, tissue guards, light toning to endpapers, otherwise unmarked internally; original cloth-backed green boards, paper label to spine, boards slightly faded, edges partly unopened, others uncut, overall a very good copy. The Constant Mistress was issued as a sister volume to Clay's Sonnets & Verses, in similar format, with new engravings by her brother Eric Gill. This is number 186 of the regular edition (250 were bound in cloth-backed paper boards and 50 in full morocco), and is signed by both Eric Gill and Enid Clay on the colophon. Gill 293.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. First edition, signed, limited to 250 copies of the regular edition, of which this is No. 141 (250 were bound in canvas with paper sides and 50 in full leather). With 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill. Signed by Eric Gill and Enid Clay on the colophon. The book is accompanied by the prospectus containing 2 engravings of the book edition. Description: Quarter cloth over light green paper boards, printed paper label to spine. Octavo: 22.5 × 15 cm, pp. 40 [1 (colophon)]. With 6 wood-engravings (1 to title and 5 within text). Printed from Caslon Old Face on unbleached hand-made paper. Inserted: Golden Cockerel Press Prospectus for 'The Constant Mistress': folded leaf, pp. 4. With 2 wood-engravings by Eric Gill. The specimen page displays the poem 'The Young Girl's Room' with its accompanying engraving. ĥ Ref.: Cave/Manson 101; Chanticleer 101 Condition: Some fading (as usual) and marks to boards, slight loss to edge of title label at spine. Internally, clean and free of marks. Prospectus clean with just a bare trace of toning at edges. A very attractive and well illustrated set. Notes: 'The Constant Mistress' was published as a companion volume to Clay's 'Sonnets & Verses', in a similar format, with new engravings by her brother Eric Gill. Signatur des Verfassers.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Limited. 6 woodcut engravings by Eric Gill with tissue guards. 41 pages, untrimmed, slim 8vo, cloth backed green boards, paper spine label. (London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Limited Edition. Near Fine. Number 102 of 300 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Octavo. 40pp. Eric Gill's six finely executed wood engravings echo the gentle wit of his sister's poems. This was their second collaboration for the Golden Cockerel Press; and despite Gill's "sparkling and imaginative" engravings, Clay's "satisfying" verse, and "excellent" production values, the book did not meet the same critical acclaim as Sonnets and Verses. This copy features a full green morocco binding by Alfred Seth, featuring a stylized planetary motif tooled in black and gilt, and with a black only with gilt-tooled stars on the upper cover; title in gilt on spine. T.e.g. Although not much is known about Seth, the overall design conceit employed here contains echoes of Edgar Mansfield. A fine copy, housed in a green cloth folding case. (Cave & Manson 101). One of 300 copies signed by the author and artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Gill, Eric (illustrator). 1st edition. A collection of poems by Enid Clay, accompanied by 8 b/w wood engravings by Eric Gill. This was the first book published by the Golden Cockerel Press that was illustrated by Eric Gill, who would later go on to create the Golden Cockerel typeface for the press in 1931. Paper is hand-made and watermarked. Fore-edge and foot of text block deckled. In quarter cloth binding, title on spine. Minor browning on front and back free endpapers, as well as the bottom edge of the last few pages. Otherwise contents clean and bright. High quality paper used. Limited to 450 copies, of which this is hand-numbered 291. First edition. Used book.

Condition: Very Good. Eric Gill (illustrator). 1st Edition. With eight engravings by Eric Gill. In original blue boards with cloth spine. Paper label solidly attached to spine with title and author. General wear to boards and some ageing and soiling to cloth spine. Complete with multiple endpapers at front and back. This book is number 218 of 450. No signatures. Sticker from old (maybe original) bookstore it was sold at. Interior is clean and clear with rough cut edges. Pages:(14) 35 (7) Dimensions:9 x 6â x â.

The Golden Cockerel Press 1925. Illus by Eric Gill, 9x6", cloth backed boards, 35pp, covers rubbed and darkened. LIMITED TO 450 NUMBERED COPIES.

With 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill, gilt cockerel device at end. One of 300 copies, signed by author and the illustrator. 8vo., original 1/4 canvas backed boards, paper label along spine, uncut. London, The Golden Cockerel Press. A very good copy indeed, with the Golden Cockerel compliments slip, which bears a fine engraving by Eric Gill, loosely inserted.

134 of 450 copies. Gill, Eric. 134 of 450 copies. 8 wood engravings (3 full-page) by Eric Gill, cockerel device in gold on colophon. 35, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First book Gill did for the Press. Chanticleer 25; Physick 281-88; Gill 274; Cave & Manson 25 Cloth and boards, paper label, chipped, else very good 8 wood engravings (3 full-page) by Eric Gill, cockerel device in gold on colophon. 35, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

8 wood engravings by Eric Gill, cockerel device printed in gold on colophon. One of a total edition of 450 copies. 8vo., a very good copy in the original cloth-backed blue boards, printed paper spine label, uncut. Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press A very good copy, with some very slight discoloration around the edges of the boards, some inoffensive glue stains where a bookplate has been removed. .

93/250 COPIES (of an edition of 300 copies) printed on Batchelor handmade paper and signed by the author and artist, with 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill, the 'Cockerel' press-mark at the tail of the colophon-page printed in gold, pp. 40, crown 8vo, original quarter natural linen with green boards, backstrip with printed label, hint of fading to board edges, edges untrimmed, Sotheran ticket at foot of front pastedown, very good. The second of the sibling collaborations by poet and artist published at The Golden Cockerel Press, signed by both. (Chanticleer 101: Gill, Corey & Mackenzie 293).

First edition, first impression, number 439 of 450 copies, presentation copy, inscribed "To Miss H.M. Wade-Gery from Robert Gibbings. 14-10-25" on front free endpaper. Gibbings took over The Golden Cockerell Press in February 1924. This copy was presented to the sister of H. T. Wade-Gery, the classical scholar and author of the second book printed by the Press. This collection of poetry by Enid Clay, collects examples previously published in The English Review and the Observer. Gibbings had previously tried to involve Eric Gill in the work of The Golden Cockerell Press but the artist had refused as Gibbings was not a Catholic. When Gibbings sought to publish the work of Gill's sister, Enid, the artist commenced a long and productive relationship with the press. Chanticleer 25; Gill 274. Octavo. Eight wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill. Original buff cloth-backed blue boards, paper spine label. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Head and foot of spine slightly bumped, extremities slightly sunned; a very good copy.

Golden Cockerel Press. 1925. 8vo. Original linen-backed boards, printed paper spine label (slightly embrowned), edges untrimmed; pp. [viii],36, colophon; 8 wood engravings by Eric Gill; a very good copy. Provenance: from the collection of a friend of Enid Clay's known to us only as Eve.Limited to 450 numbered copies, ffep inscribed by the author "To Eve/ with love and remembrance/ Enid". This book was "crowned"as the finest publication of 1925 by the Double Crown Club and is noted not only for Clay's fine poems but also for the wood engravings by her brother, Eric Gill.sold with1. Wedding invitation, 12 x 10 cm, [4] ll. folded at top edge, with cover design "Man and woman embracing" by Eric Gill. This is an invitation to the 1938 wedding of Margaret, Enid's daughter and Eric's niece, to Edgar Breitenbach, an art historian who would later become instrumental in tracking down artworks ransacked by the Nazis during the war. We have found only two other specimens of this very rare Gill work at the Victoria & Albert Museum and Washington University.2. Prospectus for The Constant Mistress by Enid Clay, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. 4 ll, with wood engravings by Eric Gill.3. Manuscript draft of "The Constant Mistress" in Enid Clay's hand, ink, dated 1927, pale blue notepaper 26 x 20.5 cim, one side only.4. Manuscript draft of poem beginning "When all this wonder of earth and vivid sky." in Enid Clay's hand, dated 1932, pale blue notepaper 26 x 20.5 cm, both sides. Recto with message "These are the mines I tried to get into shape when I was with you. 'Pedlars Pack' a new magazine printed them in their March number',5. 4 typed drafts, cream notepaper 24 x 19cm, each on one side only, of three poems from The Constant Mistress, "Gifts", "Suburban Spring" and "Norfolk Dunes" (here "The Dunes"), and one untitled poem dated 1927.Evan Gill 274. Chanticleer 25.

274/450 COPIES printed on Kelmscott handmade paper, title-vignette and 7 other wood-engravings by Eric Gill, gilt cockerel press-device, pp. [v], 35, crown 8vo, original quarter natural linen and blue boards, backstrip darkened with printed label slightly nicked at edges, edges untrimmed, very good. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: 'Henry Simpson, with all good wishes from Enid Clay'. The recipient was a banker and poet, founder of the Poets' Club in 1908. Clay was Eric Gill's sister, and this is the first of the Press's books to be illustrated by him. (Chanticleer 25: Gill, Corey & Mackenzie 274).

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. 8vo. Original canvas-backed green boards, printed paper spine label, edges untrimmed; 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill behind loose tissue guards; pp. [x], 9-40, [vi]; boards sunned to edges, with larger portion to lower also discoloured; paper label rubbed, with slight loss to one letter; one or two pages roughly opened; internally near-fine. Limited to 300 numbered copies and signed by Eric Gill ("Eric G.") and Enid Clay. This copy no. 222. Also included is the original prospectus (one folding sheet), duplicating an engraving and a specimen page of text. Seldom found together. Eric Gill wonderfully illustrates a collection of his sister's poetry. Included here are odes to the Norfolk Dunes, as well as a cocktail bar in Piccadilly.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. {Size: 14.60 x 22.86 cms} Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2026, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1925. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 48, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 48.

Druck der Golden Cockerel Press in 450 numerierten Exemplaren auf Bütten. Das Buch enthält eine Sammlung von Sonetten von Enid Clay. Mit reizenden Illustrationen von Eric Gill. Tadellos erhalten. - Tomkinson 95,25.