Binding for The Sad History of Greedy Jem and All his Little Brothers

Charles Bennett, designer

[1865]

A chromolithographic print pasted on mill-board

9 x 7 inches

An extravagant colour design that carries the book’s surreal imagery into the reader/viewer’s space even before the boards are opened.

Photograph and text by Simon Cooke.

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