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Básnici O Knize. [THIELE(Vladimir) and others].

£1,500.00

BOUND BY ERI FUNAZAKI

Colour frontispiece and title-page woodcut, black and white illustrations throughout the text.

8vo. [219 x 151 x 16 mm]. [29]ff. Bound by Eri Funazaki in 2004 in dark brown, light brown and purple goatskin and paperbacked vellum printed by lino-cut with an image of a man reading a book, double endleaves printed by lino-cut with horizontal stripes and treated with sprinkled gold relief, hand pained edges. Contained in a cloth drawer and slipcase, with the title lettered on a vellum label.

Prague: Klub 777 Bibliofilu [1942]

A series of poems by 22 authors, arranged by Vladimir Thiele and finely illustrated by Frantisek Kobliha. Worldcat locates nine copies, but none in the UK.

I bought this binding 20 years ago and have enjoyed its company ever since. It is unsigned and undated as it was in a competition, but Eri Funazaki supplied the following description:

"Bound in three pieces of Harmatan goatskin and paper-backed parchment. The horizontal stripe pattern on the leather-jointed endpaper was printed by lino cut with oil-based relief ink and treated with sprinkled gold leaf (Sunago). All edges were decorated by hand painting and Sunago. Sewn with unsupported link stitch. The laminated boards are attached by a linen joint and reinforced by secondary sewing. The image on the parchment was printed by lino cut with oil-based relief ink, suggesting a man reading a book. This parchment creates a double hollow over the leather underneath. The figure of a man reading a book on the cover represents this Czechoslovakian collection of poems about a book. The lino cut image matches the imaginative illustrations in the book. The binding is housed in a box with a drawer". It was illustrated in The New Bookbinder, vol.26 (2006), p.61.

Eri studied Graphic Design at Joshibi University, Tokyo from 1989-92 and from 1992-97 worked as a graphic designer in Japan. In 2000 she graduated from the London College of Printing with a BA in Book Arts and Crafts, and was awarded the Mansfield Medal in 2002. She was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2007 and works for Shepherds Bookbinders in London, and in partnership with Danny Flynn. Her bindings are exquisitly crafted and full of fun, as can be seen from her recent royal commission of the binding on Jacqueline Wilson's miniature manuscript of The House Mouse now part of Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle.

Stock no. ebc8528

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BOUND BY ERI FUNAZAKI

Colour frontispiece and title-page woodcut, black and white illustrations throughout the text.

8vo. [219 x 151 x 16 mm]. [29]ff. Bound by Eri Funazaki in 2004 in dark brown, light brown and purple goatskin and paperbacked vellum printed by lino-cut with an image of a man reading a book, double endleaves printed by lino-cut with horizontal stripes and treated with sprinkled gold relief, hand pained edges. Contained in a cloth drawer and slipcase, with the title lettered on a vellum label.

Prague: Klub 777 Bibliofilu [1942]

A series of poems by 22 authors, arranged by Vladimir Thiele and finely illustrated by Frantisek Kobliha. Worldcat locates nine copies, but none in the UK.

I bought this binding 20 years ago and have enjoyed its company ever since. It is unsigned and undated as it was in a competition, but Eri Funazaki supplied the following description:

"Bound in three pieces of Harmatan goatskin and paper-backed parchment. The horizontal stripe pattern on the leather-jointed endpaper was printed by lino cut with oil-based relief ink and treated with sprinkled gold leaf (Sunago). All edges were decorated by hand painting and Sunago. Sewn with unsupported link stitch. The laminated boards are attached by a linen joint and reinforced by secondary sewing. The image on the parchment was printed by lino cut with oil-based relief ink, suggesting a man reading a book. This parchment creates a double hollow over the leather underneath. The figure of a man reading a book on the cover represents this Czechoslovakian collection of poems about a book. The lino cut image matches the imaginative illustrations in the book. The binding is housed in a box with a drawer". It was illustrated in The New Bookbinder, vol.26 (2006), p.61.

Eri studied Graphic Design at Joshibi University, Tokyo from 1989-92 and from 1992-97 worked as a graphic designer in Japan. In 2000 she graduated from the London College of Printing with a BA in Book Arts and Crafts, and was awarded the Mansfield Medal in 2002. She was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2007 and works for Shepherds Bookbinders in London, and in partnership with Danny Flynn. Her bindings are exquisitly crafted and full of fun, as can be seen from her recent royal commission of the binding on Jacqueline Wilson's miniature manuscript of The House Mouse now part of Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle.

Stock no. ebc8528

BOUND BY ERI FUNAZAKI

Colour frontispiece and title-page woodcut, black and white illustrations throughout the text.

8vo. [219 x 151 x 16 mm]. [29]ff. Bound by Eri Funazaki in 2004 in dark brown, light brown and purple goatskin and paperbacked vellum printed by lino-cut with an image of a man reading a book, double endleaves printed by lino-cut with horizontal stripes and treated with sprinkled gold relief, hand pained edges. Contained in a cloth drawer and slipcase, with the title lettered on a vellum label.

Prague: Klub 777 Bibliofilu [1942]

A series of poems by 22 authors, arranged by Vladimir Thiele and finely illustrated by Frantisek Kobliha. Worldcat locates nine copies, but none in the UK.

I bought this binding 20 years ago and have enjoyed its company ever since. It is unsigned and undated as it was in a competition, but Eri Funazaki supplied the following description:

"Bound in three pieces of Harmatan goatskin and paper-backed parchment. The horizontal stripe pattern on the leather-jointed endpaper was printed by lino cut with oil-based relief ink and treated with sprinkled gold leaf (Sunago). All edges were decorated by hand painting and Sunago. Sewn with unsupported link stitch. The laminated boards are attached by a linen joint and reinforced by secondary sewing. The image on the parchment was printed by lino cut with oil-based relief ink, suggesting a man reading a book. This parchment creates a double hollow over the leather underneath. The figure of a man reading a book on the cover represents this Czechoslovakian collection of poems about a book. The lino cut image matches the imaginative illustrations in the book. The binding is housed in a box with a drawer". It was illustrated in The New Bookbinder, vol.26 (2006), p.61.

Eri studied Graphic Design at Joshibi University, Tokyo from 1989-92 and from 1992-97 worked as a graphic designer in Japan. In 2000 she graduated from the London College of Printing with a BA in Book Arts and Crafts, and was awarded the Mansfield Medal in 2002. She was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2007 and works for Shepherds Bookbinders in London, and in partnership with Danny Flynn. Her bindings are exquisitly crafted and full of fun, as can be seen from her recent royal commission of the binding on Jacqueline Wilson's miniature manuscript of The House Mouse now part of Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle.

Stock no. ebc8528