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Hanmer

Title

Subject

bookbinding proposal

Description

Full goatskin binding with laced-in boards. Sewn on flattened cords, leather hinge, doublures and flexi-endsheets of marbled paper by Pamela Smith. Hand sewn, double-core silk headbands; three edges sprinkled with multiple shades of brown acrylic ink. Blind and gold-stamped title, blind tooling, sprinkling and pochoir with acrylic. Goatskin onlays. Illustrations scanned from the text and inkjet printed onto Mohawk Superfine cover, hand cut into pop-ups, and sewn inside each of the text block's fourteen signatures.

Creator

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 7th DeGolyer Competition

Citation

Hanmer, Karen, “Hanmer,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed February 10, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2324.