Work and Culture — Eric Gill — 1938 Lecture Reprint John Stevens Newport RI

Offered here is a scarce copy of Work and Culture, a lecture delivered by noted English artist, typographer, and social critic Eric Gill before the Royal Society of Arts in London, April 1938. Published the same year by John Stevens of Newport, Rhode Island, this edition reproduces Gill’s talk with minor emendations.

Gill, one of the most influential British printmakers and type designers of the early 20th century, is remembered for his engravings, essays, and controversial social philosophy. This booklet includes text, as well as an engraving reproduced (by permission) from his earlier essay Unemployment (Faber & Faber, 1933).

Details:

• Author: Eric Gill

• Title: Work and Culture

• Publisher: John Stevens, Newport, Rhode Island

• Date: 1938 (MDCCCCXXXVIII)

• Format: Softcover pamphlet, approx. 9" tall

• Condition: Good overall. Original orange wraps, some edge wear and light toning consistent with age. Interior pages clean, with an early ownership inscription dated March 1939 (William H. Ready). Tight binding, no loose pages.

• Notable for its historical context as a Depression-era reflection on labor, culture, and machinery, by one of the most prominent figures in modernist design and thought.