Sybil Pye was a long-term companion to artist and poet Thomas Sturge Moore and throughout her career bound several copies of his book of poetry The Little School. This copy was printed on vellum by Eragny Press in 1905 and bound by Sybil in 1916. Covered in green goatskin with inlays of vellum and gold tooled with her familiar brass tools. Marianne Tidcombe’s Women Bookbinder 1880-1920 gives ownership to the Wormsley Library, but you can view this binding on the British Library’s online catalogue.
Bookbinder of the Month: Sybil Pye
September 16, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
Category: binder of the month, bookbinding, feature book of the week | Tags: bookbinding, gold, leather, sybil pye, the little school, thomas sturge moore, tooling, vellum, women