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GILL, ERIC The Game. Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1916-1923 ERIC GILL'S OWN COPY, WITH HIS SIGNATURES, MARKINGS AND BOOKPLATE Two volumes, octavo, containing the original numbered parts 1 through 34 [complete]. Volumes One contains parts I through IV, bound in blind-stamped full blue morocco, sunned and slightly rubbed. Volume Two contains Volumes V and VI in 1/4 brown calf with black paper over boards, "Bound by D.A." - likely Donald Attwater, as noted in Gill's hand on front endpaper, hinges worn and with scattered abrasions, Vol. V, Issue 33 laid in.
Gill's own copies, with his bookplate on the front pastedown of the first volume, signature, and "Capel-y-ffyn" penciled on front endpaper of both volumes, and with some editorial markings throughout.
The set includes the second issue of Dec. 1916, Christmas Number, which contains the original Edward Johnston calligraphy, 5 lines in red on a duplicated leaf bound next to the blank original; the subsequent issue has the word "Surrexit" in red calligraphy by Johnston, and Number 3 has the words "Laus Deo" in Johnston's red script as well.
This printing of The Game also marks the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of wood engravings by David Jones, with his illustrations for the October and December covers.
A scarce complete set, issued in an edition of about 200 copies (the original unbound parts). An important collaboration between Gill, Edward Johnston, and H. D. C. Pepler, created over a period of years marked by both an artistic groundswell and philosophical divisiveness among them. Cleverdon 23; Taylor & Sewell F1.
