The green ship / by Patrick Miller. 1936.

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The green ship / by Patrick Miller. 1936.

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Eric Gill's copy of page proofs of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of the novel, published in 1936, containing his original pencil drawings for chapter headings, made in the blank spaces left by the printer, as well as two separate leaves, bound in, containing drawings for the title (which was printed on facing pages), accompanied by tipped-in proofs of the wood engravings; the six chapter drawings are dated 19.3.36, and the title-page drawings 17.3.36. The volume also includes a plot summary, holograph and typed, by the author, George Gordon Macfarlane (whose pseudonym was Patrick Miller); his suggestions about the illustrations for chapter headings; two letters addressed to Gill; and a preliminary sketch (by Macfarlane?) of the title design. The printed text includes some marginal annotations in Gill's hand. The volume is accompanied by a separate portfolio containing the eight wood engravings, printed on heavier paper.

183 p. : ill. (drawings, wood engravings) ; 27 cm., in case 30 cm.

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