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Bennett: Postscripts on Dwiggins. 1960

Bennett, Paul A. (ed.)

Postscripts on Dwiggins.

The Typophiles, New York, 1960

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Folio Society edition standing next to its navy blue clamshell box, featuring cream-colored Nigerian goatskin binding with intricate gilt foil leaf patterns, raised spine bands, and gold lettering.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Now newly imprinted.

The Folio Society, London, 2002

Cobden-Sanderson: Ecce Mundus. 1902

Cobden-Sanderson, T.[homas] J.[ames]

Ecce Mundus. Industrial Ideals and The Book Beautiful.

Hammersmith Publishing Society, Hammersmith, 1902

Ehmcke: Persönliches und Sachliches. 1928

Ehmcke, F.[ritz] H.[elmuth]

Persönliches und Sachliches. Gesammelte Aufsätze und Arbeiten aus 25 Jahren.

Hermann Reckendorf, Berlin, 1928

Title page and frontispiece illustration of Eric Gill’s Last Essays, published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1942. The open antiquarian book shows a white-on-black woodcut engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child on the left page, captioned in cursive with "et tuam ipsius animam pertransibit gladius". The right page features the printed title page with typography set in Gill’s distinct lettering, a central V-shaped woodcut printer's device featuring hands and a cross, and publisher details for Jonathan Cape at Thirty Bedford Square.

Gill, Eric

Last Essays.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1942

Front cover of 1937 first edition Trousers & The Most Precious Ornament by Eric Gill. The beige cover features red grid-patterned graphic artwork resembling a pair of trousers with black typography reading "Eric Gill", "TROUSERS & THE MOST PRECIOUS ORNAMENT", and publisher "FABER AND FABER LTD". From the library of Will Carter, founder of Rampant Lions Press.

Gill, Eric

Trousers & The Most Precious Ornament.

Faber & Faber, London, 1937

Morris: An Address Delivered at Kelmscott House. 1902

Morris, William

An Address Delivered the XIth November MDCCCC at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith before the Hammersmith Socialist Society by J.W. Mackail.

Hammersmith Publishing Society, Hammersmith, 1902

William Morris: Architecture and History [and] Westminster Abbey. 1900

Morris, William

Architecture and History [and] Westminster Abbey.

Chiswick Press for Longmans, London, 1900

William Morris: Art and the Beauty of the Earth. 1898

Morris, William

Art and the Beauty of the Earth.

Chiswick Press for Longmans & Co., London, 1898

William Morris: Some Hints on Pattern-Designing. 1899

Morris, William

Some Hints on Pattern-Designing.

Chiswick Press for Longmans & Co., London, 1899

Rollins: Theodore Low De Vinne. 1968

Rollins, Carl Purington

Theodore Low De Vinne.

The Typophiles, New York, 1968

Tschichold: Typographische Gestaltung. 1935

Tschichold, Jan

Typographische Gestaltung.

Benno Schwabe, Basel, 1935

First edition copy of Printing Should Be Invisible by Beatrice Warde (1932, Marchbanks Press), featuring a pink paper cover with a central cream-colored band printed in black serif type, showing handwritten owner provenance at the top.

Warde, Beatrice

Printing Should Be Invisible.

The Marchbanks Press, New York, 1932