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Geigel

Title

Subject

bookbinding proposal

Description

Full leather binding in the French technique, with a leather onlay extending from the top corner of the rear cover over the spine and widening towards the top corner of the front cover. The inside covers would be finished in a grey leather edge-to-edge doublure and the first and last flyleaf in grey moiré cloth. The headbands would be sewn on with three-color silk threads and the top edge finished in graffiti. “Borges” would be tooled on the spine and Ficciones on the white leather onlay in individual letters in ascending sizes.

Creator

Geigel, Wilfredo A.

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).

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book

Collection

The 4th DeGolyer Competition

Citation

Geigel, Wilfredo A. , “Geigel,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed February 15, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2113.