The Slade Bindery Guard Book

Item date: 1956-71
Grant Value: 1,500
Item cost: 3,356
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2005
Item institution: British Library
Town/City: London

The Slade Bindery comprised Roger Powell (1896-1989), Peter Waters (1939-2005) and the calligrapher Sheila Waters (b. 1929). The Guard Book contains 174 pages of book cover designs, tooling patterns, leather and marbled paper samples, illustrations and original art works.

Item Provenance
Bonham's, 23 November 2005 (lot 487*)