CINDERELLA OF THE ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY OF SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFF, A LONDON BOOKBINDING FIRM ESTABLISHED IN 1901.|THE
unstitched signatures
2015 · London and New Castle, DE
by Shepherd, Rob
London and New Castle, DE: Shepherds and Oak Knoll Press, 2015. unstitched signatures. Bookbinding. 271 x 220 mm flat. unstitched signatures. 200pp + 8pp. Unstitched signatures with printed endpapers, limited to 50 sets.
Including a story of the Great Omar, a jewelled binding of the Rub'iyat of Omar Kahyyam lost on the Titanic in 1912. This book charts the history of one of the most important craft bookbinding workshops of the twentieth century. Sangorski& Sutcliffe was founded in 1901. The founding partners, Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, (truncated)
Including a story of the Great Omar, a jewelled binding of the Rub'iyat of Omar Kahyyam lost on the Titanic in 1912. This book charts the history of one of the most important craft bookbinding workshops of the twentieth century. Sangorski& Sutcliffe was founded in 1901. The founding partners, Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, (truncated)