December 10, 2012, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsSangorski and Sutcliffe: The Rolls Royce of Bookbinding Jeweled bindings, which use metalwork, jewels, ivory, and rich fabrics to decorate a book, date back at least to the Middle Ages, but the form was revived around the turn of the twentieth century by the English binders Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe met in evening bookbinding… read more
November 29, 2012, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsNotes from the Undergrad: The Penguin Illustrated Collapse Alyssa O’Connell is an English Honors junior in Professor Janine Barchas’s seminar, “The Paperback,” in which students used the Ransom Center’s collections to research the history of paperbacks.