[Fine Binding | W.H. Smith / Douglas Cockerell] The Poetical Works of Lord Byron E-List 17 small decoration

small decoration

written for his grandchildren

archaeologist and curator of the York Castle Museum

instructor in binding at the [Manchester] Municipal School of Technology…” (link) is mentioned in an article of “The Studio” in 1915

[Fine Binding | W.H. Smith / Douglas Cockerell] The Poetical Works of Lord Byron E-List 17 small decorationLord Byron. The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. London: Henry Frowde, 1907. Engraved frontispiece. Bound in pebbled dark navy morocco by W. H. Smith & Son under Douglas Cockerell, featuring a signature Arts & Crafts design of a cluster of gilt leaves, flowers, and vines to each of the four corners, connected with three lines in gilt and two in blind. Title to the second compartment of spine, with leaf cluster borders to the remaining compartments. Dark