Inside Out Library

Modern book-bindings & their designers

Wood, Esther, Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1862-1929, Uzanne, Octave, 1852-1931, Frykholm, Sunny, Brochner, Georg, Khnopff, Fernand, 1858-1921, Mourey, Gabriel, 1865-1943 · 1900 · New York and London, John Lane · 146 pictures

A survey of contemporary bookbinding published in 1900 by John Lane in New York and London, with essays by Esther Wood, Edward F. Strange and Octave Uzanne for collectors, binders and designers. Its 151 plates photograph tooled leather covers and spines head-on: gilt line work on grained hide, flower lattices, interlaced strapwork, corner sprays and ruled frames usable as borders, endpapers or repeat patterns.

Bookbinding · Book covers

Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0