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Lot 212
Sale 5364 - Books & Manuscripts
Nov 12, 2020
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[Private Press] [Golden Cockerel Press] [Gill, Eric] The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ...
(Waltham, St Lawrence, Berkshire): Golden Cockerel Press, 1921. First and limited edition, #315 of 488 numbered paper copies (of a total edition of 500). Folio. (269) pp. Illustrated with black and white woodcut headpieces, initials, and chapter titles by Eric Gill. Original three-quarter pigskin over tan cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; in slip case. From the library of Norman J. Sondheim, and with his book-plate on front paste-down.