Words to Live By
- Selected and Interpreted by Ninety Four Eminent Men and Women
- Edited by William Nichols
- Reinhardt and Evans, 1950
- 221mm x 150mm x 28mm
- Bound in 2009
- Southall Collection, UK
Cream Alum-Tawed goatskin covers with miscellaneous leather onlays in green, black, grey and turquoise
Stainless steel acid-etched leaves hand-sewn on covers in metallic thread and machine-sewn leaf outlines
Hand-pierced leaves and plant details in brass and silver scattered over the binding
Hand-tooled in carbon and Moon gold with hand-made finishing tools
Turquoise acrylic painted top edge of text block
Drop-back box covered in turquoise bookcloth
Elements of book design on front of box with title label
Inside covered in reverse leather with a ‘bookmark’ pouch
