The Week-end Book - the new edition ; cover by MacDonald "Max" Gill, 1955
The Week-End Book was a popular compendium of advice as to how to spend a weekend and contained a wide range of information, pastimes and stories. First published in the 1920s by the Nonsuch Press and edited by the redoubtable Francis Meynell along with Vera Mendel it went through various guises and editions, with one being issued quite recently. This 1954 edition uses the 1920s cover design by MacDonald Gill, better known as Max, the brother of the more well-known Eric Gill (he of the typeface Gill Sans). Max was an accomplished artist and designer especially of decorative maps, and this cover is very typical of his style. Max had died in 1947 and so this version was issued posthumously.
The Week-end Book - the new edition ; cover by MacDonald "Max" Gill, 1955
The Week-End Book was a popular compendium of advice as to how to spend a weekend and contained a wide range of information, pastimes and stories. First published in the 1920s by the Nonsuch Press and edited by the redoubtable Francis Meynell along with Vera Mendel it went through various guises and editions, with one being issued quite recently. This 1954 edition uses the 1920s cover design by MacDonald Gill, better known as Max, the brother of the more well-known Eric Gill (he of the typeface Gill Sans). Max was an accomplished artist and designer especially of decorative maps, and this cover is very typical of his style. Max had died in 1947 and so this version was issued posthumously.