Five bands to spine with title and author to inlaid black panel in second compartment
She undertook the work of fore-edge painting on a commission basis
Designed and printed by Hammer
Each sheet measures 8" x 10
Some light spotting to covers
[Sarah T. Prideaux] Bookbinders and Their Craft Fine Bindings Five bands to spine withPrideaux, S. T. Bookbinders and Their Craft. New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1903. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is #56. Over one hundred illustrations. Publisher's half Japanese vellum binding, gilt spine titles, pale blue grey paper over boards. Top edge gilt. Divided into eight chapters: '18th Century English and Scottish Bookbindings, Roger Payne, Les Relieures Francais, Design in Bookbinding, Some French Bookbinders of today, Early