Click for full-size.
Wise Words about Letter Writing
by Carroll, Lewis
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Baltimore: Xavier Press, 1993. Riley, Dominic. 19pp. A timeless essay by Lewis Carroll on the art of correspondence, illustrated with two pasted-in postage stamps promoting letter-writing and a fold-out sample of a letter by the author. In a designer binding by Dominic Riley featuring gilt-tooled envelopes and abstracted stamps in onlays of yellow, green, and plum on black morocco. These panels were inlaid into overlapping strips of dark brown goatskin, and the title is tooled in gilt down the spine. The design is segmented into panels that are slightly offset from each other, introducing tension and movement into the design. Between the panels are columns of gilt dots, and the dots are repeated inside the covers on bright green morocco doublures. Violet suede flyleaves and jewel-toned endpapers complete the production. The edges are painted with blue, green, yellow, and violet acrylic. Housed in a black cloth clamshell box lined with vibrant turquoise suede. Riley studied with Paul Delrue and at the London College of Printing before starting his own bookbinding studio in 1994. He co-founded the bookbinding program at the San Francisco Center for the Book in 1996 and returns there annually to teach and lecture. He was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2008. Extremely fine. (2 5/8 by 2 1/8; 66x52mm).
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25597
- Title
- Wise Words about Letter Writing
- Author
- Carroll, Lewis
- Illustrator
- Riley, Dominic
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Xavier Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1993
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miniature Books; Fine Bindings;
Terms of Sale
Bromer Booksellers
All books are guaranteed as described and may be returned, with prior notice, within ten days. All bills are payable within thirty days from the date of the invoice. Shipping and insurance are additional. Overseas shipments will be sent by air mail unless otherwise instructed.
About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
Biblio member since 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Nebula Award Winners of the 1980s
The Nebula Award has been awarded to stories in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre every year since 1966. Learn about the winners of the 1980s!
Collecting BiblioMysteries
Want to get meta? Bibliomysteries are mystery stories which deal in some significant way with books and the world associated with books. Browse this fascinating subgenre of mystery novels.
