Bookbinding and the Care of Books by Douglas Cockerell, 1901
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1901
This volume is an edition of 'Bookbinding and the Care of Books' authored by Douglas Cockerell and published by John Hogg in 1901. As part of The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks, this work serves as an instructional text on the craft of traditional bookbinding.
The physical dimensions of the book are 7.5 inches by 4.875 inches by 1 inch. The copy features a significant historical inscription on the front endsheet, dedicated to C. Fairfax Murray by S. C. Cockerell, the brother of the author and a known museum curator. Additionally, the volume includes a letter written by S. C. Cockerell to a 'Mr. Evans,' dated May 23, 1895, on Kelmscott Press letterhead, which contains a discussion regarding Morris' 'Earthly Paradise.' This supplementary letter is preserved in an envelope secured to the back cover of the book.
The item represents an intersection of technical craft literature and personal correspondence between notable figures in the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century literary and art circles.
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Physical characteristics
- Contents
- Includes original letter on Kelmscott Press letterhead
- Dimensions
- 7.5 in. x 4.875 in. x 1 in.
Technical characteristics
- Series
- The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks
- Publisher
- John Hogg
Design
- Cover text
- THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS No. I. BOOKBINDING
- Inscription
- Inscribed to C Fairfax Murray from S. C. Cockerell
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Douglas Cockerell
Catalogue references
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