BOOK
The four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Authorized version of King James I / with decorations by Eric Gill.
- Date
- 1931
- By
- Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, Gibbings, Robert, 1889-1958, Gibbings, Moira, Young, F. (Frank), Gibbs, A. H. (A. Henry), Cooper, A. C. (Albert C.), Withers, Percy, Pope, Quentin, 1900-1961, Golden Cockerel Press, Sangorski & Sutcliffe, J. Batchelor & Sons
- Notes
Pages [1] 1st set, [2, 4], [80], [128,130], [212] main set & [2, 4] last set, are blank.
Printer's device on t.p. and spine.
Decorated initials throughout text.
Signatures in gutter.
"Bound by S. & S. London"--Binder's stamp inside front cover, lower edge.
"This book was printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press at Waltham Saint Lawrence in Berkshire. Begun on the 20th of February, 1931, it was completed on the 28th of October in the same year. Compositors: F. Young and A.H. Gibbs. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. 500 copies have been printed, of which numbers 1-12 are on vellum"--Colophon.
"With 65 wood-engravings by Eric Gill. 18pt. Golden Cockerel Face type ... 500 copies. Nos. 1-12 on vellum, full bound in white pigskin ... Nos. 13-500 on Batchelor hand-made paper, special watermark, 1/4 bound in white pigskin and buckram boards"--Chanticleer.
Golden Cockerel Press. Chanticleer, 78
p. 131, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 2 Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.
The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 1. Binding: 1/2 white pigskin, fawn buckram, spine raised bands, gold tooled, lettered in gilt, gilt printer's device, gilt top edge, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. In protective covers and slipcase supplied by the National Library. Copy no. 207. Acc. 130853.
The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 2. Binding: as above. Provenance: label inside front cover: Quentin Pope Collection ; bookplate: Ex Libris Percy Withers. Copy no. 289. Acc. 131713.
Digital image available: p. 131, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 2. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.
- Source URL
- p. 131, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 2 https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13271563
- Related to
- Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection
- Other Titles
- Bible. N.T. Gospels. English. Authorized. 1931.
- Publisher
- [Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire] : Printed and published at the Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXXI [i.e. 1931]
- Format
- [2], 268, [4] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 35 cm.
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