Detail View: Rylands Collection: George Fisher: Erewhon

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