Ernest Gimson, His Life & Work

Language: English

Published by Erneat Benn/Basil Blackwell, London, 1924

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1924. First edition. Folio, original cloth-backed blue boards. Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press. Number 442 of 500 copies. A near fine copy, front endpapers lightly browned.Quarto, vII,47, v pp, 60 colotype plates printed by Emory Walker plus several engravings in the text. Printed on untrimmed handmade paper. Original pale blue paper-covered boards with linen spine with fraying to spine edges and a small hole warn through spine. Ex Libris label, extremities worn, top corner bumped, , errata slip bound in; some pages uncut. Gimson a partner at Ernest & Sidney Barnsley, was profoundly influenced by William Morris, and counted among his clients Morris' daughter, May.

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Title
Ernest Gimson, His Life & Work
Author
Lethaby, W. R., Alfred H. Powell & F. L. Griggs
Publisher
Erneat Benn/Basil Blackwell, London
Publication year
1924
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition

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