COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022407tr
Reference Number:
Dowd 55
Image Title:
Bernard Kiernan: The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Series Title:
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator:
Kiernan, Bernard Henry
Creator Role:
Binder
Date Created:
1959
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover & spine
Description:
Designer binding. Bound by Bernard Kiernan in 1959 with three equal vertical stripes of black, cream & grey goatskin on each board; each board carries three sunbursts tooled in gold.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Goatskin
Item Height:
240 mm
Item Width:
155 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K. (on temporary deposit)
Provenance:
Dowd, Anthony, owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright and IPR restrictions apply
References:
'The Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bindings', compiled by Anthony Dowd (John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 2002)
Bibliographic Citation:
De Quincey, Thomas (1785-1859), 'The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (London: Bodley Head, 1930)
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Bernard Kiernan: The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
