Pyramus and Thisbe.
by PETER JONES, designer bookbinder. OLD STILE PRESS. SHAKESPEARE, William
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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About This Item
Monmouthshire: Old Stile Press, 2003. Woodcuts in one and two colours by Chris Nurse. One of 160 copies numbered and signed by the artist. Printed on Somerset paper in Bulmer type. Oblong 4to., 290 x 162 mms. Bound by Peter Jones in 2014 black, red, cream and grey morocco with an opaque acrylic ‘crack’ on the front cover and a wooden strip in the lower board. Housed in the original black cloth covered clamshell box. ||Jones has taken this tale from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and reflected the story - particularly noticeable in his use of opaque acrylic to represent the crack in the wall in the story. The binding is structured beautifully and perfectly executed.
Peter Jones worked in London as a furniture restorer and leather liner before training in bookbinding at Brighton Polytechnic. He now works as a bookbinder and as a carpenter and his books have a remarkably engineered quality with a great understanding of how to use different material in his work. He has taught bookbinding extensively, including at the Universities of Brighton and Roehampton and is a Fellow and Past President of Designer Bookbinders. His work is exhibited internationally and held in numerous collections. Peter mainly works from his studio bindery in Wannock, East Sussex.| Beautifully structured binding reflecting the story with the use of acrylic as the ‘crack’ in the wall
Peter Jones worked in London as a furniture restorer and leather liner before training in bookbinding at Brighton Polytechnic. He now works as a bookbinder and as a carpenter and his books have a remarkably engineered quality with a great understanding of how to use different material in his work. He has taught bookbinding extensively, including at the Universities of Brighton and Roehampton and is a Fellow and Past President of Designer Bookbinders. His work is exhibited internationally and held in numerous collections. Peter mainly works from his studio bindery in Wannock, East Sussex.| Beautifully structured binding reflecting the story with the use of acrylic as the ‘crack’ in the wall
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7520
- Title
- Pyramus and Thisbe.
- Author
- PETER JONES, designer bookbinder. OLD STILE PRESS. SHAKESPEARE, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Old Stile Press
- Place of Publication
- Monmouthshire
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Peter Jones;Shakespeare;Designer Binding Book,Fine Bookbinding
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...