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