Card and cloth binding for Notes from a Hunting Box (Not) in the Shires, by Georgina Bowers. 8¾ x 12 inches. Bowers’s most sophisticated binding, with interest created by a combination of red and green compartments and a variety of lettering, which includes the designer’s handwriting and rustic or ‘woody’ letters after Richard Doyle. [Click on image to enlarge it.]

Photograph and text by Simon Cooke. 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.

Bibliography

Bowers, Georgina. Notes from a Hunting Box (Not) in the Shires. London: Bradbury & Agnew, 1873.


Created 31 March 2024