Woodwork In Principle and Practice. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Woodwork In Principle and Practice

Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler, Ditchling, Sussex, 1918. Hardcover Condition: Very Good +. First edition, first impression. Gill, Eric and Beedham, R. John (illustrator). First and Limited Edition. One of 240 copies, duodecimo size, 126 pp. "Woodwork" contains twenty-one wood engravings of tools by the inimitable Eric Gill (1882-1940); a highly regarded printmaker, sculptor, and typographer, Gill provided illustrations for numerous fine press publications by the Golden Cockerel Press and the Saint Dominic's Press, as well as with Pepler under the imprint of the St. Dominic's Press. An informative look at the art of carpentry by craftsman-woodworker Arthur Romney Green (1872-1945), who, like Gill and Pepler, was influenced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. Greenexhibited in the Summer Exhibition of 1928 with woodcarvings and was known as a designer of furniture in the Arts and Crafts tradition. Although the book is stated as "Volume I", no further volumes were issued.Case Binding with Marbleized boards and pasted label to front cover with Title and author. Corners are bumped and edgewear.Title page with black-and-white wood engraving, a total of thirty-one wood engravings in the text throughout: twenty-one wood engravings of carpentry tools by Eric Gill, ten wood engravings by R. John Beedham; Caslon O. F. type, Batchelor handmade paper, duodecimo size (7.75" by 5"), pagination: [i-iv] v-xvi [1] 2-110, one of 240 copies.…