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Letters of Eric Gill edited by Walter Shewring 1st Edition 1947
by Gill, Eric; Shewring, Walter (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. colour frontispiece/b&w plates 1st Edition Letters of Eric Gill, containing over 300 letters from 1900-1940, edited by Gill's close friend Eric Shewring; colour frontispiece plate showing a letter to David Jones, 11 b&w plates; red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, red topstain; light foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, tanned top front (3cm) and heavier tanning to spine, price clipped, o.w. G-VG
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22315
- Title
- Letters of Eric Gill edited by Walter Shewring 1st Edition 1947
- Author
- Gill, Eric; Shewring, Walter (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 480pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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