17. The Doves Press English Bible

Hammersmith, 1903-1905
On: The English Bible, King James Version
Published: Hammersmith, 1903-1905
Binder: T. J. Cobden-Sanderson
British Library, Shelfmark TC5b3.

Limp vellum case bindings with gold tooled titling.

When he began work at his own press, the Doves, Cobden-Sanderson maintained the aesthetic that he had worked with at Kelmscott. Here, though, we see an even more minimal, modern limp vellum structure with no ties present and a simple case-bound structure, with the supports adhered to the vellum rather than laced through.