Joan Kirkbride (1 results)

Leatherbound Hardcover. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj, as issued. unique manuscript copy. Unique handwritten and handmade book. The book discusses the many uses of leather including numerous references to book binding. ------------------------------------------------------ Australia, Joan R Kirkbride, no year. 11 x 8.5 inches (28x21cm). handwritten. PAGES: [1], Title page, 2 pages references, 23 pages text, plus in between: two original water colors, one showing 'Gilding on Red Morocco' and the other illustrating a 'Panel Showing Modelling'.one drawing 'A Celtic Design for Tooling', one hand drawn map 'Imported Hides', showing from where the different leathers coming from to Australia, two pages with 29 tipped-in leather samples, one page with hand-drawn book-binding tools. --- --- --- Bound in dark-brown full leather with 4 leather ribbons. Spine with gilded name and title. The pages are very slightly browned and have punch holes. The binding might have been done at a later time. The book discusses the many uses of leather including numerous references to book binding. Joan R Kirkbride (illustrator). …