Paper binding for ‘The Tragic Mary’

Selwyn Image

1890

Paper covered boards with printed design

8 x 5 inches

A highly complex design, straddling Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau; signed ‘SI’ lower right. The trade original was bound in beige, paper-covered boards and issued in a glassine wrapper. 600 copies for the limited edition market were issued in vellum.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

From the Simon Cooke Collection [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link to this URL in a web document or cite it in a print one.]