COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022406tr
Reference Number:
Dowd 40
Image Title:
George Fisher: Erewhon
Series Title:
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator:
Fisher, George
Creator Role:
Binder
Date Created:
1932
Page/Sheet:
Upper & lower covers and spine
Description:
Designer binding. Bound by George Fisher in brown goatskin to a design by Blair Hughes-Stanton with multiple parallel fillet and gouge lines running over the spine and both boards.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Goatskin
Item Height:
234 mm
Item Width:
150 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:
Butler, Samuel, 'Erewhon' (Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1932)
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
George Fisher: Erewhon
