Women Bookbinders, 1880-1920

Contents: 1. Historical Introduction 2. Women Trade Binders at the End of the 19th Century 3. Embroidered Bookbindings Painted Vellum Bindings Vernis sans Odeur Vellucent Bindings Sutherland Bindings Metalwork Bindings, Clasps & Bosses Cosway Bindings. Fore-edge Painting 4. Modelled Leather Bindings, and Pokerwork 5. Sarah Treverbian Prideaux 6. Frank Karslake and The Guild of Women Binders 7. Katharine Adams 8. Sybil Pye 9. Pupils, and Other Women Bookbinders 10. Women Binders in America and Elsewhere Abroad Appendices. 1. Sarah Prideaux's Tools, and a List of her Bindings 2. Katharine Adams' Tools, and a List of her Bindings 3. Sybil Pye's Tools, and a List of her Bindings 4. List of Women and Groups Associated with the Guild of Women Binders 5. Bindings by Elizabeth M. MacColl 6. Some Women Binders Not Mentioned in the Text 7. List of British Women in Charge of Bookbinder's Shops, 1648-1901.