A Correspondence of 1953 concerning the book 'The Seven Deadly Virtues' by Denis Tegetmeier and Eric Gill, initiated and conducted by the collector and bibliophile Stanley Scott. Being something less than a footnote to Limited Edition Publishing in the nineteen thirties. With newly commissioned illustrations by Romney Brough.

(Incline Press.)

Publication details: Oldham: Incline Press,1999,

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The copy number designated by the printer at the foot of the Colophon, and there signed and dated by him - all copies were numbered 7, in fact, this joke relating to the text, which is Scott's attempt to establish the reason for having two copies of the original work with the same number, leading to the correspondence with the publisher and Tegetmeier printed here.

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7/12 COPIES in a variant binding (see below), from an edition of 150 copies, devices to title-page and colophon, and the 7 line-drawings illustrating the Virtues, all printed in brown, printer's apology tipped in facing Colophon (printed in green), pp. [20], 4to, original variant binding of quarter blue cloth with white boards patterned in orange, printed label to upper board, fine

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