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I Remember. . .

Item date(s): 1992

John Crombie
Jenni Grey  - (bookbinding by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 190mm
Binding: Designer binding
Inscription: Signed by the binder.
Edition: #52/135


Place publication: Paris
Publisher: Kickshaws

Additional notes:
Unique Binding on square book 190 x 190mm. Housed in a wooden box: 225 x 225 x 95mm. Hand printed by the author in Trieste, Bodoni, Chambord, Garamont and Helvetica. Unique binding signed by Jenni Grey in 2004. Embroidered and sewn on grey and gold organza over black leather, with machine stitching and black glass beads. Endsheets of pale grey organza and machine stitching. Laid in a walnut veneer box with trays for book and two layers of objects. Box and trays made with the assistance of Anthony Belfield. Brass hinges. "The collection of binding and objects evoke the fragmented memories of time and place suggested in the text." - Grey.

An article about the binding was published in The New Bookbinder, Volume 24. The binding colophon lists the box contents: top tray - embroidered binding of I Remember. . . Middle tray - loose coins, fountain pen, propelling pencil, ring, 9ct gold cuff links, thimble, pearl necklace, tweezers, glasses, nail scissors, watch, two door keys. Base level recess - cigarette case containing a white folded handkerchief, 100 Franc note and torn fragments of a colour photograph beneath the cigarette cash - photographs of him, her, you, us, them, and postcard. A wonderful presentation.

Illustrated on page 12 of The New Bookbinder, Volume 26, 2006.

Exhibition notes:
‘Small editions’, Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Johannesburg. 14 October 2021 – 28 January 2022.

Ref: GB/10918











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