binding designers
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Marion Peabody update!
Remember our blog post about Marion Peabody, the binding designer, whom we posted about way back in 2015? If not, go check it out! You can even see the photograph of her that we found in passport records. Anyway, we have an update thanks to the sleuthing of Linda Obora! I was sitting at my… Continue reading
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New “Finds” (A guest post by Mark Schumacher)
In the last few weeks, we have come across several new illustrators and artists, most of them women, who also contributed to the world of binding design. Most of the books involved are volumes aimed at children—readers, introductions to geography, and tomes of fairy tales or familiar legends, like Robin Hood. Although these designs may… Continue reading
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National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month To celebrate National Poetry Month here are a handful of cover designs from our collections. All of them are from books of poetry. Judging by their covers, these should contain some fine verses. But we’re not supposed to do that, are we? A Margaret Armstrong design From Theodore Brown Hapgood … Continue reading
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Coming soon…
These beauties have made there way to my desk to be cataloged! Stay tuned for some exciting posts on some of the most influential binding designers. In this batch, there are bindings by Amy Richards, Amy Sacker, Sarah Whitman, Marion L. Peabody, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Margaret Armstrong, Blanche McManus Mansfield, and some that are unsigned. Continue reading
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