Faces, Borders and Ornaments. by WESTMINSTER PRESS. GILL, Eric.

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~ Faces, Borders and Ornaments.

London Westminster Press [n.d. circa 1927]

Profusely illustrated with various examples of type specimens, initial letters, decorative ornaments and borders, including 2 large folding leaves with 4 decorative borders at rear and the initials Eric Gill drew for the Press in 1926. Printed by Gerard Meynell at the Westminster Press. 8vo., original oatmeal linen, with green and red cloth band wrapping around covers, red ornaments and gilt lettering to covers and spine, patterned endpapers and decorated edges. Darkening to spine, a few faint spots to endpapers and occasionally in the text, otherwise a good copy.

Gerard Meynell was also the founder of the print trade periodical, ‘The Imprint’, which was printed by the Westminster Press. Ruari McLean wrote a glowing review of this type book in Signature.
With the booklabel of American auctioneer, publisher and book collector, Morley Kennerley.

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