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Dear ARLIS member, New from Oak Knoll Press (((((())))))))(((((())))))))(((((())))))))(((((())))))))(((((()))))))) ERIC GILL IN DITCHLING edited by Peter Holliday (((((())))))))(((((())))))))(((((())))))))(((((())))))))(((((()))))))) Among the many noted books on Eric Gill, the famous British typographer, sculpture and artist, this charming work with its three essays covers a facet of Gill's life rarely touched upon. The contributing authors discuss for the first time aspects of Eric Gill's work associated with the village of Ditchling, in Sussex, where he lived and had his studios between 1907 to 1924. Beautifully written and illustrated the authors focus on Eric Gill's most creative period. The authors are Peter Holliday, a design historian and formerly an assistant to Hilary Bourne, founder of Ditchling Museum; Timothy McCann, the Assistant County Archivist at the West Sussex Record Office at Chichester; and Jill Lingen-Watson, who lived in Gill's former house, Hopkin's Crank on Ditchling Common from 1953. The book as been produced with the kind assistance of the staff and the Trustees of Ditchling Museum and of the libraries of the Tate Gallery and the St. Bride Printing Library. 2002, hardcover, 6 x 9 inches 96 pages, illustrated ISBN 1584560754 Order No. 69603-EM - Price $19.95 You can also order this book at http://www.oakknoll.com/pressrel/gill.html Michael Guessford Publicity & Marketing Director __________________________________________________________________ Oak Knoll Books (ABAA and ILAB) / Oak Knoll Press / St. Paul's Bibliographies 310 Delaware Street / New Castle DE 19720 Phone (302) 328-7232 / Toll-free 1-800-996-2556 / Fax (302) 328-7274 Email: [log in to unmask] / Web: http://www.oakknoll.com