Three stories of the Raj.Illustrations by Zhid Sardar

Small archive pertaining to the binding of Mehta's Three Stories of the Raj, detailing the 10-month process of binding the book by Greg Campbell, Campbell-Logan Bindery, for the printer, Adrian Wilson, beginning with specification worksheets, cost estimates, and working through the design of the binding, the selection and ordering of materials, progress reports, chatty social matters (during the process Wilson came to Minneapolis to lecture at the University of Minnesota and Campbell was his chauffer and guide), and shipment, as contained in the back-and-forth correspondence, approx. 45 pages in all between Campbell-Logan and Adrian Wilson. Included are the binder's dummy, designs and drawings, bookbinder's samples of cloth, paper, and leathers, invoices from both suppliers and Campbell-Logan, etc., a prospectus and order form, as well as two copies of the finished book, both the trade edition and the deluxe, the latter without signatures or hand-coloring, the former in full curry-colored cloth, and the latter in quarter leather. All contained in a quarter curry-colored goat clamshell box lettered in gilt on spine. Campbell's letters are photocopies of his originals, and Wilson's (9 in all, plus 2 others from the illustrator, Zhid Sardar) are largely, but not entirely, typed letters signed on his letterhead.…