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Notes on postage stamps : with a series of preparatory drawings / Eric Gill.
Author
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Kat Ran Press, 2011.
Description
[24] p. : ill. (col.) ; 23 cm.
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Special Collections - Graphic Arts Collection
2011-0150Q
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Postage stamp design
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Great Britain
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Gill, Eric 1882-1940
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George VI King of Great Britain 1895-1952
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On postage stamps
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Publisher
Kat Ran Press
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Writer of added commentary
Russem, Michael
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Series
Kat Ran essays in philatelics
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Summary note
Eric Gill had exacting and pointed opinions about postage stamps, their purpose, and their design. Unfortunately, his theories didn't always hold up when put into practice, and he had a less than successful career as a designer of stamps. Accompanied by nine of Gill's previously unpublished preparatory drawings and sketches for stamps, Notes on Postage Stamps is a short, previously unpublished essay by Gill in which he succinctly lays out his philatelic ideas -- some of which were a little too idealistic and some of which were spot-on. All of them are interesting and thought-provoking. Notes on Postage Stamps contains fifty-six full-color illustrations, most of which will be completely unfamiliar to historians and enthusiasts of Gill's work. An afterword by Michael Russem chronicles Gill's seven attempts at stamp design -- only two of which resulted in published stamps.--publisher's website.
Notes
"A note on Eric Gill's career as a stamp designer / Michael Russem (p. [17]-[22]).
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliography.
Place name(s)
United States Massachusetts Cambridge.
ISBN
9780974342
9789780974343
9780979434211
0979434211
OCLC
707822238
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