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The binding statement declares: Through my choice of materials, design and structure I sought to capture the essence of the scenes depicted within the book.…

An extraordinary piece of work for which Susan Allix won the Judge's Choice award at the Oxford Fine Press Fair in 2012.
She combines accounts of…

Philip Smith was one of the greatest British bookbinders of the 20th century and was well-known for inventing several techniques including the ‘lap-back’ structure which…

An Old French romance which inspired Morris, not only did he do the translation for this book but he also wrote a famous poem based…

Alice Pattinson was a pupil of Douglas Cockerell and her bindings, particularly this one with its central rose and leaf pattern and choice of goatskin,…

“The prose by Flynn involves a sad battle of wits and the humorous missed communications between a man and a woman. Illustration of the urban…

Johanna Birkenruth (1853-1929), began binding around 1888 and was a fascinating example of an enterprising, independent woman of the time who made a living out…

A very early binding by Philip Smith done while he was in his last year at the Royal College of Art. This would seem to…

Nicky Oliver’s design notes read: Pasiphae: the immortal daughter of the sun god Helios, wife of King Minos of Crete. Legend has it that her…

With the bookplates of Sir John Leslie of Glasnough Castle and his son Shane Leslie who has added an ink inscription “Shane Leslie, in Limerick,…

Garth While trained in bookbinding under De Coverley at Morley College and studied calligraphy with Dorothy Mahoney, a student and assistant of the great Edward…

A very charming self-publication of Surcouf’s poetry.

A remarkable item both for the calligraphy and the binding. The feeling of the Old Testament text is conveyed perfectly with an ancient earthiness and…