WOODWORK; IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE. VOLUME 1.( EVAN GILL'S COPY)

A. ROMNEY GREEN; GILL, ERIC AND BEEDHAM, R. JOHN (

Published by Printed At The Ditchling Press By Douglas Pepler,, 1918

About this Item

First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xvi, 110. Original publisher's beige linen spine, over orange paper covered boards with white title label on cover reading 'Woodwork by A Romney Green'. Contains twenty-one wood engravings of tools by Eric Gill. With the Eric Gill bookplate of his younger brother Evan Gill, his bibliographer. Bookplate shows a form of swastika against a tower on a hill with flowers. An informative look at the art of carpentry by craftsman-woodworker Arthur Romney Green (1872-1945), who, like Gill and Pepler, was influenced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. Although the book is stated as "Volume I", no further volumes were issued possibly due to the war which Green mentions in the preface. Title page with black-and-white wood engraving, a total of thirty-one wood engravings in the text throughout: twenty-one wood engravings of carpentry tools by Eric Gill, ten wood engravings by R. John Beedham; Handmade paper, 198 mms by 133 pagination: [i-iv] v-xvi [1] 2-110. Faint shelf wear, linen sppine very slightly discoloured, decent about very good indeed copy. No inscriptions, very clean text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WOODWORK; IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE. VOLUME 1.( EVAN GILL'S COPY)
• Publisher: Printed At The Ditchling Press By Douglas Pepler,
• Publication Date: 1918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good