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Kibby example

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Subject

example binding

Description

Full deep blue Harmatan goatskin with feathered alum-tawed and multicolored onlays, using a puckering technique for dimensional texture. Cover scene illustrates waves washing upon the shoreline delivering sea creatures. The starfish is built up into a sculptural element using paper clay and overlaid with shagreen. French double headbands in blue, gold, and white silks. Top edge gilt with shell gold. Leather joint construction with marbled paper inset and matching endpapers by Catherine Levine.

Source

A Selection of Poems on the Theme of Water. Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2008.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

This work is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution is permitted. This file may be used for educational uses only, provided it is not altered in any way, and the copyright line is cited. (Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU).

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Displayed as .jpg

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Type

Book

Collection

The 6th DeGolyer Competition

Citation

“Kibby example,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed September 7, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2259.