The Story of a Red-Deer.
by KATE HOLLAND, designer bookbinder. GREGYNOG PRESS. FORTESCUE,The Hon. J.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1935. One of 250 copies. 11 illustrations by Dorothy Burroughes printed in colour at the head of each chapter, text printed in red and black. Sm. folio, bound by Kate Holland in full rust brown morocco with onlays representing a forest of citron and light green morocco on the spine and obth sides with gilt ruled highlights to one side of the lengths of green morocco, thre is a charming touch with the tail of a deer in gilt amongst the trees on the front cover, implying the deer is hiding in the forest, edges tinted yellow, yellow painted endpapers by the binder, housed in the original rust- brown and brown cloth velvet lined solander box with blind lettering along the entire length of the spine. In superb condition.||Fortescue’s book was a very interesting choice of text. It was written for the author’s 9 year old nephew and tells the story of a Red Deer on Exmoor from the aniimal’s point of view. The precursor to another famous Exmoor animal book, Williamson’s Tarka the Otter. Burroughes spent some time in Exmoor researching the background to her illustrations.
Kate Holland has been a Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders for some years and is much in demand for her design bindings as well as her teaching skills. Her bindings are vibrant and visually arresting. She has a great use of colour, and enjoys using gentle wit and small motifs in her bindings as we see here. This is a fine example of her strong and technically excellent work.|Harrop: History of the Gregynog Press, 35 The red-deer charmingly hiding in the forest - a rich and witty binding by the important British binder Kate Holland
Kate Holland has been a Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders for some years and is much in demand for her design bindings as well as her teaching skills. Her bindings are vibrant and visually arresting. She has a great use of colour, and enjoys using gentle wit and small motifs in her bindings as we see here. This is a fine example of her strong and technically excellent work.|Harrop: History of the Gregynog Press, 35 The red-deer charmingly hiding in the forest - a rich and witty binding by the important British binder Kate Holland
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11806
- Title
- The Story of a Red-Deer.
- Author
- KATE HOLLAND, designer bookbinder. GREGYNOG PRESS. FORTESCUE,The Hon. J.W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gregynog Press
- Place of Publication
- Newtown
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Gregynog Press;Wood Engraving;Dorothy Burroughes Book,Illustrated, Private Press
Terms of Sale
SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2012
LONDON, Greater London
About SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
RARE BOOK AND PRINT SELLER FOR OVER 30 YEARS SPECIALISING IN PRIVATE PRESS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ARTISTS' & FINE PRESS BOOKS, FINE BINDING, LETTERING, TYPOGRAPHY PRINTS &C WE ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT OR CHANCE 7 DAYS A WEEK, DAY & EVENING, WE ARE MEMBERS OF PBFA, ABA & ILAB
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...