H D C P Pepler (10 results)

Condition: About fine. (ii), 18p. Woodcut of a castle on the title-page. Bound in decorated wrappers with paper title label on upper cover. Taylor and Sewell, A237.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. H D C P Douglas Pepler, God and the Dragon.Illustrated by A E R G ( Eric Gill) Original soft cover.Rhymes by Douglas Peplar. Condition Fine. No marks of wear to this booklet which has probably hardly been opened. An early Eric Gill item it contains 16 text illustrations from Gill's engravings. Rare and in immaculate condition.Only 200 copies printed. 13 x 10.5 cm Seller Inventory #002292. A E R G Eric Gill (illustrator).…

Condition: Sehr gut. First Edition, limited to 500 Copies. c. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. (viii), 56 pages. Illustrated by Eric Gill and H.D.C. Pepler. Original gray paper wrappers. Fore and Tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First and Limited Edition. No. 431 of 450 copies, twenty-fourmo size, [58] pp., numbered and initialled by HDCP. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand, believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a "more individual or 'humane'.product". He therefore "preferred the handpress to the machine, handmade to machine-made paper, and handset founder's type to the products of typesetting machines." Pepler met Edward Johnston and Eric Gill while living in Hammersmith; Pepler and his family would eventually move to Ditchling to join Gill, who was one of the most important artists to provide illustrations for the St. Dominic's Press. Other artists who provided illustrations included David Jones, Desmond Chute, Philip Hagreen, and Mary Dudley Short, among others. This work a compilation of the following plays: "The Horse", "The Ox and the Ass", "St Martin", "The Cat Burglar", "Running Water", and "Crockodile". Pepler "had his own puppet theatre at Ditchling" and his puppets performed "The Ox and the Ass" at an international marionette festival in 1929. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter blue cloth over paper-covered boards, this the alternate binding noted in the bibliography with a brown paper label on the front board with black lettering and ruled border, top edge rough-cut, fore- and bottom edges uncut, numbered and initialled by Hilary Pepler on the title page, with five wood-engraved illustrations (one repeated) by Mary Dudley Short; twenty-fourmo size (5 3/8" by 3 7/8"), with [58] pages; limited edition of 450 copies, this no. 431; note that while the title page has the date "1929" the colophon is dated "1928". ___CONDITION: Near fine: the boards without wear, the corners straight and without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a few extremely light, stray marks on the paper boards and light indication of slight damping to the cloth of the spine (with no evidence in the text block). ___CITATIONS: Taylor and Sewell, no. A174; note that the quotes and much of the introductory information from "Three Private Presses" by Brocard Sewell. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. Short, Mary Dudley (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Card covers in clean, tidy condition, very slightly rubbed on the spine, Eric Gill illustration, contents clean, 47pp, not dated, c1919 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gill, Eric (illustrator).

Limited to 200 copies. 16mo, 13x10.5cm, [vi], 47pp. Plain, printed card wrappers, perfect bound. 16 engravings, 2 by Beedham after works by Eric Gill, and the remainder by Gill (note from the publisher printed in red and attached to inside, front wrapper). Title in red and black. Very good with toning to wrappers, mainly along spine. Clean internally.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 16mo, 1/4 leather illustrated boards. (56 pages) four wood engravings of animal puppets on strings. Limited to 450 copies. (Author's inked limitation statement is on title page.) The plays are entitled: The Horse, The Ox and Ass, St Martin, The Cat Burglar, Tunning Water, The Crockodile. TInterior is generally fine throughout, with some age-toning on end papers. A few small, light spots on front cover. Lightly rubbed along edges, cloth on front edge of spine somewhat frayed.This copy contains an inked gift inscription on the front end paper from bookseller Jake Zeitlin to Helen Dahlstrom (wife of Grant Dahlstrom, Castle Press) and has Zeitlin's shop seal affixed inside back cover. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Wrappers tanned, a little spotted and slightly creased. The contents lightly toned with age; Paperback; Measures 7" x 5" (0.5 kg); pp 24; Includes: Wood engravings; Signed by the author, with dedication, on the first blank page without provenance. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #188818 ||.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Plain brown paper covered boards, cloth spine in tidy condition, a little darkened to the spine where the title has been added in ink, slight red mark to the front panel and page edges, text and plates clean and bright, vi, 56, 2pp, 17 wood engravings by Eric Gill, 3 by Desmond Chute and 2 by Ralph Beedham, engraved red printers device on the title page, with a circular colophon engraving. Seemingly published in very few numbers, 3 found on Copac Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gill, Eric, Chute, Desmond and Beedham, Ralph (illustrator).…

37/450 COPIES printed on handmade paper (limitation statement and author's initials in manuscript to title-page as usual), 5 wood-engravings (one repeated) by Mary Dudley Short, pp. [58], 16mo, original quarter black cloth, cream boards printed in black, the upper board with a repeat of one of the engravings, boards lightly tanned to margins, edges untrimmed, free endpapers gently browned, very good. (Taylor & Sewell A174).…