PEPLER, Douglas; GILL, Eric (illustrator).

The Devil's Devices

or Control versus Service.

Stock Code 107987

London, The Hampshire House Workshops, 1915 [but 1934].

£500.00 - £500.00

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£500.00 - £500.00

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Inscribed by the author. Inscribed by the author after half-title, 'M.D.S. [?] H.D.C.P. auct / post hoc Whitsuntide 1944'. The Devil's Devices was the second book to feature Eric Gill's illustrations.

Reissue, inscribed by the author; 8vo; 12 woodcuts, 11 by Eric Gill, some full-page, scattered light foxing, slight toning to leaves; publisher's red cloth, black lettering to spine, spine faded, corners slightly rubbed, light toning to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.

Gill 259.

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