Detail View: Rylands Collection: John Pearson: The Amazons

Image Number: 
JRL022367tr
Reference Number: 
Dowd 66
Image Title: 
John Pearson: The Amazons
Series Title: 
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator: 
Pearson, John Christian
Creator Role: 
Binder
Date Created: 
1990
Page/Sheet: 
Upper & lower covers and spine
Description: 
Designer binding. Bound by John Pearson in 1990 in black calf, pained with PVA and black powder colour, sanded and treated with wax and french chalk, with a design in low relief reflecting 'The defeat of Argives'..
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Support: 
Calfskin
Item Height: 
287 mm
Item Width: 
191 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K. (on temporary deposit)
Provenance: 
Dowd, Anthony, owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
Copyright and IPR restrictions apply
References: 
'The Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bindings', compiled by Anthony Dowd (John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 2002)
Bibliographic Citation: 
Bannett, Ivor, 'The Amazons: A Novel' (London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1948)
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB