sisley elizabeth greenhill full goatskin de geffroy gustave (1 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 4to. A good copy in a signed Elizabeth Greenhill full goatskin binding. Sisley's signature is reproduced on the upper cover with the title on the spine, the binding is a unevely faded on the upper cover with some scuffing and slight loss to the leather in places. Not listed in the Catalogue Raisonné. An unusually plain Greenhill binding. Elizabeth Greenhill, one of the finest English bookbinders of the 20th century (1907-2007) first started bookbinding at the École des Arts Décoratifs pour Dames in Paris, learning the intricacies of gold-tooling, and later studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London under Douglas Cockerell and William Matthews. She began restoring books but gradually started designing her own bindings, becoming known for two distinctive styles: the "cloud-bindings" of onlaid leather shapes, and bindings using large gilt-tooled lettering. She was the first woman elected as a member of the Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders (now Designer Bookbinders) in 1961, serving both as Secretary for some years and later President. Greenhill binding are very scare in commerce, her binding on Stanley Morison's and Kenneth Day's. The Typographic Book achieved £10,000 plus commission in 2017.