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THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON. With THE DOVES BINDERY.
Tidcombe, Marianne
2 volumes.

- London and New Castle, Delaware : The British Library and Oak Knoll Books 1984, 1991 - 4to - hand-bound in quarter vellum for the author by James Brockman, leather spine labels, slipcase with some leather trim. - xii,407; 512 pages. - Order Nr. 35581 - Price: $ 2,500.00

One of nine numbered sets bound-thus and signed by Tidcombe. This special edition contains three additional color plates in the first volume and two samples of marbled paper in the second volume. Companion volumes covering all aspects of Cobden-Sanderson and his bindings. The first volume covers the bindings executed by him over the period 1884-1893 and before the establishment of the Doves Bindery. The second volume is a chronicle of the binding shop he founded in 1893 and the famous bindings it produced over a 30 year period. In its early years the bindery shared premises with William Morris's Kelmscott Press. The consequent collaboration resulted in a series of richly-decorated copies of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Later on the majority of the bindery's work was for the Doves Press, which Cobden-Sanderson founded with Emery Walker in 1900. Dr. Tidcombe's comprehensive work includes a complete catalogue of the books produced with many bindings illustrated in color. Bound by one of England's most famous contemporary binders.

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