Lot 274
Designer bookbinding by Phillip Bradburn - Limited Editions Club
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
£450
Description
Sir Gaiwan & the Green Knight, edited by A.C. Cawley. Limited Editions Club, 1971. 4to, number 536 of 1500 copies signed by the artist, illustrations by Cyril Satorsky, fine abstract binding by J. Phillip Bradburn of olive grey morocco with brown morocco and olive grey morocco onlays, tooled in gilt, g.e., with Phillip Bradburn's ticket dated 1979, black leather endpapers, red velvet-lined green olive grey morocco-backed buckram folding box, a fine copy
Footnote
Note: Philip Bradburn gained distinction as a craft binder and designer before running The Manor Bindery at Ower House, Southampton, which has itself established a reputation for its fine bindings.