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GILL, ERIC. A Book of Alphabets for Douglas Cleverdon drawn by Eric Gill. Foreword by Cleverdon. Introduction by John Dreyfus. 28 plates from alphabets drawn by Gill, with an additional suite. 8vo, gilt-lettered 1/2 black morocco over patterned boards, housed together with the suite, loose as issued in black cloth chemise; housed together in a red cloth slipcase. first limited signed edition. number 4 of only 50 special copies bound by clare skelton, signed by cleverdon, and with an additional suite of plates from a total edition of 550. Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1987
with--Dreyfus, John; and Williams, Graham. Eric Gill for Father Desmond. Illustrations in the text and a separately bound letterpress proof taken from the original wood block Gill created for his friend Desmond Chute's ordination, and an intaglio proof taken from an electro of the block. 8vo, gilt-lettered 1/4 brown morocco and cover label with an impression of the block image; slipcase.one of only 70 special copies with the additional prints, from a total edition of 1000. London: Bain & Williams, Ltd., 1993.
