Sagittarius Rising [Art Binding]

Book Description

London: Folio Society, 1998; Binding 2003. First Edition Thus/Fine Binding. Hardcover, Vellum and Linen.. Tight, bright and unmarred. The spine of the book, covered in airplane linen, with false ribs & jutting up beyond the headcap, embodies a biplane's wing; the boards are covered in a translucent deerskin vellum over black and white monoprinted papers that vaguely show through, as through a cloud cover; gray/black speckled edges, echoing the lithographs by Nevinson, and maroon/black monoprinted and gray endpapers with leather hinges. Drop-back box covered in rayon bookcloth with the spine of the original binding as a label. 8vo. 230pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Unique fine binding on a Folio Society textblock. Sagittarius Rising is a book by Cecil Lewis about his experiences as a British pilot during and after World War One. Rich with grim insights into the horrors of war, it also reveals his pleasure in flying. The binding is intended to reflect his flying environment. Art binding by Julie H.B. Stackpole, a fine hand bookbinder based in mid-coast Maine. After getting a BA at Kirkland College, Julie Beinecke Stackpole studied bookbinding with Kathryn Gerlach in Vermont, in Ascona Switzerland, at the Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts in London, and with Roger Powell in England. She established her studio, the Merlicorn Bindery, on Nantucket in 1975, which she moved to Maine in 1985. She specializes in one-of-a-kind creative ne binding, all aspects of rare book restoration, and general hand bookbinding.

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