#sybil pye

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Sybil Pye, Books bound by Sybil Pye, self-taught British bookbinder, eary 1920s

some pics from  Bodleian Rare Books

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Steve Parsons & Babel - The Howling

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Sybil Pye, self-taught British bookbinder, early 1920s

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[mybeingthere]

Sybil Pye (1879 – 1958) was a self trained British bookbinder famous for her distinctive inlay Art Deco leather bindings. She was, along with Katharine Adams and Sarah Prideaux, one of the most famous women bookbinders of their period. She was the only binder in England and one of a few in the world whose specialty was inlaid leather bindings.

1. T. Sturge Moore, The Little School. London, 1905. Bound by Sybil Pye.

2. Sibyl Pye, 1902. 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.

3. Sybil Pye, Apocrypha, 1924.

[thebeautifulbook]

THE LITTLE SCHOOL by Thomas Sturge Moore. (Eragny Press, 1905) Bound by Sybil Pye in 1916.

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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.

Covered in green goatskin with inlays of vellum and gold tooled with her familiar brass tools.

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Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke, Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall. Collected, Compiled and Annotated by John Schroder. With a Frontispiece by Joan Hassall ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION LIMITED EDITION, #73 OF 400 COPIES Publisher: Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, UK Copyright: 1970 This book details the catalog of an extensive collection, comprising 481 items, including full documentation of Sidgwick and Jackson's printing and publication of Brooke’s works, summaries of Brooke’s correspondence with Edward Marsh and Sybil Pye, and Marsh’s correspondence with Mrs. Brooke and Denis Browne. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. Hardcover. Olive green cloth boards with bright gilt titles on the spine. Green endpapers. The text block is pristine. Top edge gilt. First and sole edition featuring a frontispiece and eleven additional plates in the text. This edition was limited to 400 copies, printed on rag paper, and bound by the Wigmore Bindery. This book is hand-numbered #73 out of 400 in the rear of the book and has a removable, acetate protective wrapper. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter.

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first of all, welcome to all of our new followers! we are so excited to continue to share our site with you and rev up the excitement! now, we have our biggest document to share with you -- our canon list.

here at noyade, you will see that we host a large, fairly open canon list. we want to give you all as much inspo as you need, but also leave it open-ended for your own creativity. there are a few easter eggs in this document, however, regarding canon deaths and allegiances that have been predetermined in order to align with the overall site plot. also, while we do want to leave things open, we highly recommend looking at the harry potter wiki for information about a canon. it’s highly possible we forgot some names or mucked up -- please send an ask our way so we can fix it before the grand opening!

be on the lookout for reserves very, very soon! and don’t hesitate to send any questions our way.

ABBOTT

pureblood

ABERCROMBIE

open blood status

ACKERLEY

open blood status

AGRIPPA

open blood status

AVERY

pureblood

BADDOCK

open blood status

BAGMAN

open blood status

LUDOVIC --- BAGMAN

OTTO --- BAGMAN

BAGNOLD

open blood status

MILLICENT --- BAGNOLD

BARBARY

open blood status

BELBY

open blood status

BINNS

open blood status

CUTHBERT --- BINNS

BISHOP

open blood status

BLACK

pureblood

BELLATRIX --- BLACK

ANDROMEDA --- BLACK

NARCISSA --- BLACK

BLACK

pureblood

SIRIUS --- BLACK

REGULUS ARCTURUS BLACK

sirius is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

BLETCHLEY

open blood status

BLUDD

blood status

the blood family are vampires.

BOARDMAN

open blood status

BOBBIN

open blood status

BODE

open blood status

BONES

open blood status

AMELIA --- BONES

EDGAR --- BONES

--- --- BONES

edgar is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

BOOT

open blood status

BORAGE

open blood status

BORGIN

open blood status

BRAITHWAITE

open blood status

BRANSTONE

open blood status

BROADMOOR

open blood status

BROCKLEHURST

open blood status

BROWN

open blood status

BULSTRODE

pureblood

BURBAGE

open blood status

BURKE

open blood status

CADWALLADER

open blood status

CAMPBELL

open blood status

CARMICHAEL

open blood status

CARROW

pureblood

AMYCUS --- CARROW

ALECTO -- CARROW

CATCHLOVE

open blood status

CATTERMOLE

open blood status

CHAMBERS

open blood status

CHANG

open blood status

COOTE

open blood status

CORNER

open blood status

CRABBE

open blood status

CRESSWELL

open blood status

CROUCH

pureblood

BARTEMIUS CASPAR CROUCH JR.

CUFFE

open blood status

DAVIES

open blood status

DAWLISH

open blood status

DEARBORN

open blood status

CARADOC --- DEARBORN

caradoc is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

DELACOUR

open blood status

DERWENT

open blood status

DEVERILL

open blood status

DIGGLE

open blood status

DEDALUS --- DIGGLE

dedalus is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

DIGGORY

open blood status

AMOS --- DIGGORY

DIPPET

open blood status

DOBBS

open blood status

DOGE

open blood status

ELPHIAS --- DOGE

elphias is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

DOLOHOV

open blood status

ANTONIN --- DOLOHOV

DUMBLEDORE

halfblood

ALBUS PERCIVAL WULFRIC BRIAN DUMBLEDORE

ABERFORTH --- DUMBLEDORE

ARIANA --- DUMBLEDORE

albus is the creator of the order of the phoenix. aberforth is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

DURSLEY

muggle

VERNON --- DURSLEY

D’EATH

open blood status

LORCAN --- D’EATH

the d’eath family are vampires.

EDGECOMBE

open blood status

ELDRITCH

open blood status

ENTWHISTLE

open blood status

EVANS

muggleborn

PETUNIA --- EVANS

LILY JOANNA EVANS

lily is estranged from her husband, james potter. her son, harry, was murdered by voldemort.

FAWCETT

open blood status

FAWLEY

pureblood

FENWICK

open blood status

BENJY --- FENWICK

benjy is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

FIGG

open blood status

ARABELLA --- FIGG

arabella is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix. she is also a squib.

FINNIGAN

open blood status

FLETCHER

open blood status

MUNDUNGUS --- FLETCHER

mundungus is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

FLINT

pureblood

FLITWICK

open blood status

FILIUS --- FLITWICK

FORTESCUE

open blood status

FLOREAN --- FORTESCUE

FROBISHER

open blood status

FUDGE

open blood status

CORNELIUS --- FUDGE

GAMP

open blood status

GRAVES

open blood status

GREENGRASS

pureblood

GREGOROVITCH

open blood status

GUDGEON

open blood status

DAVEY --- GUDGEON

HAGRID

halfblood / tainted

RUBEUS --- HAGRID

rubeus is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

HARKISS

open blood status

HOOCH

open blood status

ROLANDA --- HOOCH

HOOKUM

open blood status

DAISY --- HOOKUM

HOOPER

open blood status

HOPKIRK

open blood status

HORNBY

open blood status

JENKINS

open blood status

JOHNSON

open blood status

JONES

open blood status

HESTIA --- JONES

GWENOG --- JONES

it is up to the player to determine the relation -- if any -- between hestia and gwenog.

JORDAN

open blood status

JORKINS

open blood status

BERTHA --- JORKINS

ALBERT --- JORKINS

JUGSON

open blood status

KARKAROFF

open blood status

KETTLEBURN

open blood status

SILVANUS --- KETTLEBURN

KIRKE

open blood status

KOVACS

open blood status

KRUM

open blood status

LAPIN

open blood status

LESTRANGE

pureblood

RODOLPHUS --- LESTRANGE

RABASTAN --- LESTRANGE

LEVSKI

open blood status

LI

open blood status

LOCKHART

open blood status

GILDEROY --- LOCKHART

LONGBOTTOM

pureblood

FRANK --- LONGBOTTOM, NPC

ALICE --- LONGBOTTOM (nee open surname)

frank is a npc and resides in st. mungo’s after being tortured by death eaters when voldemort came to murder the longbottom son, neville. alice survived.

LOVEGOOD

open blood status

XENOPHILIUS --- LOVEGOOD

LUPIN

halfblood

REMUS JOHN LUPIN

LYNCH

open blood status

MACDONALD

open blood status

MARY --- MACDONALD

MACMILLAN

pureblood

MACNAIR

open blood status

MADLEY

open blood status

MALFOY

pureblood

LUCIUS --- MALFOY

MARAT

open blood status

MARSH

open blood status

MAXIME

open blood status

OLYMPE --- MAXIME

MCCORMACK

open blood status

MCGONAGALL

halfblood

MINERVA --- MCGONAGALL

ROBERT --- MCGONAGALL

MALCOLM --- MCGONAGALL

MCKINNON

halfblood

MARLENE  MCKINNON marlene + her family were murdered by death eaters.

MCLAGGEN

open blood status

MEADOWES

pureblood

DORCAS --- MEADOWES

MONTAGUE

open blood status

MONTGOMERY

open blood status

MONTOYA

open blood status

MOODY

open blood status

ALASTOR --- MOODY

MOON

open blood status

MORGAN

open blood status

MOSTAFA

open blood status

NOTT

pureblood

ODDPICK

open blood status

OGDEN

open blood status

OLLIVANDER

halfblood

GARRICK --- OLLIVANDER

PARKINSON

pureblood

PATIL

open blood status

PEAKES

open blood status

PEASEGOOD

open blood status

PEPPER

open blood status

OCTAVIUS --- PEPPER

PETTIGREW

open blood status

PETER --- PETTIGREW

peter is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

PICQUERY

open blood status

SERAFINA --- PICQUERY

serafina is american.

PINCE

open blood status

IRMA --- PINCE

PODMORE

open blood status

STURGIS --- PODMORE

sturgis is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

POMFREY

open blood status

POPPY --- POMFREY

POLIAKOFF

open blood status

POTTER

pureblood

JAMES --- POTTER

james is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix. his son, harry, was murdered by voldemort as a result of the prophecy.

PRANG

open blood status

PREWETT

pureblood

MOLLY --- PREWETT

FABIAN --- PREWETT

GIDEON --- PREWETT

gideon was murdered by voldemort while watching the potter’s son, harry. fabian is a current or former member of the order of the phoenix.

PUCEY

open blood status

PYE

open blood status

QUIGLEY

open blood status

QUIRRELL

open blood status

QUIRINUS --- QUIRRELL

RIDDLE

halfblood

TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE

ROBINS

open blood status

ROOKWOOD

open blood status

ROSIER

pureblood

ROWLE

pureblood

RUNCORN

open blood status

SATO

open blood status

SCAMANDER

open blood status

SCRIMGEOUR

open blood status

SELWYN

pureblood

SHACKLEBOLT

pureblood

KINGSLEY --- SHACKLEBOLT

SHAFIQ

pureblood

SHUNPIKE

open blood status

SINISTRA

open blood status

AURORA --- SINISTRA

SKEETER

open blood status

RITA --- SKEETER

SLOPER

open blood status

SLUGHORN

pureblood

HORACE --- SLUGHORN

SMETHWYCK

open blood status

SMITH

open blood status

SNAPE

halfblood

SEVERUS TOBIAS SNAPE

SPINNET

open blood status

SPROUT

open blood status

POMONA --- SPROUT

THICKNESSE

open blood status

THOMAS

open blood status

THRUSTON

open blood status

TIMMS

open blood status

TONKS

muggleborn

EDWARD --- TONKS

TOOTS

open blood status

TOTH

open blood status

TOWLER

open blood status

TRAVERS

pureblood

TRELAWNEY

open blood status

SYBILL --- TRELAWNEY

sybill is a seer and presented a prophecy that led to the deaths of harry potter and neville longbottom. she is currently captured by voldemort.

TREMLETT

muggleborn

TROY

open blood status

TWYCROSS

open blood status

UMBRIDGE

open blood status

DOLORES --- UMBRIDGE

URQUHART

open blood status

VAISEY

open blood status

VANE

open blood status

VANCE

open blood status

EMMELINE --- VANCE

VECTOR

open blood status

WAGTAIL

open blood status

WATANABE

open blood status

WARBECK

open blood status

CELESTINA --- WARBECK

WARRINGTON

open blood status

WEASLEY

pureblood

ARTHUR --- WEASLEY

BILIUS --- WEASLEY

WHITBY

open blood status

WILKES

open blood status

WINTRINGHAM

open blood status

WOOD

open blood status

YAXLEY

open blood status

YEN

open blood status

ZABINI

open blood status

ZELLER

open blood status

ZONKO

open blood status

[ajl1963]

Yes, books ARE awfully decorative. (Points to you if you can place that quote without using a search engine. Don’t worry, I’ll give you the answer later in the article.)

I don’t pretend to be a collector of, nor an expert about collecting books. There are plenty of wonderful and informative sites online about this subject. And books don’t need to be an ancient work to be valuable as we will see shortly.

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Creuzevault, Jungle Book c.1925

Bacchus Behave! The Lost Art Of Polite Drinking 1933

Sure, your device can hold hundreds of books that you won’t need to dust and are easy to transport (especially on vacation). Nothing, however, beats the heft of a classic or the feel of crisp paper as you turn the page. They are equally important as paperweights, door stops, uneven table leg levelers (ok, that may be a stretch), many things your device can’t do. (Except, maybe be used as a paperweight.) And books, displayed correctly, can give the impression of being really smart.

 Let’s face it, if you were Belle in Beauty and the Beast, which would be the more impressive gift?

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Really?

Or:

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Prague Klementinum Library

And now,  a brief history.

The first books were of Asian origin. Made from strips of palm leaves or strips of bark, writing was scratched into the surface. Lamp black rubbed onto the leaves or bark filled the impressions left to make them stand out. To keep the leaves flat, pieces of wood were placed on either side of the “pages”.

The wood and palm leaves would be held together by cord or leather thongs woven through holes bored through the back. These covers would be decorated with complex design with elaborate carvings and intricate inlay work of gold and silver.

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This and following picture illustrate the delicate nature of papyrus

dead sea scroll Leviticus- 30BC-68AD

Papyrus scrolls were the next iteration but are fragile by nature. Modern bookbinding began with the change from papyrus scrolls, to books made up from separate sheets of vellum (and later paper), folded and collected into sections called leaves. The leaves were placed in correct order and held together by sewing through the center fold.

To keep the leaves flat and undamaged, they were placed between wooden boards, joined together with leather wrapped round to form the type of book that today we are all familiar with.

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Lead and copper book Photo by David Elkington and Rex Features (1300967s)

 Source: http://rarebookbuyer.com/

However, 2 major inventions allowed books to be produced in large quantities: Paper  invented by the Chinese around 200 years BC and movable type by German printer Johann Gutenburg in 1456.

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Gutenberg printing press

As the number of books and demand increased in the 15th Century, the occupation of printer and binder became separate. Gold-leaf was introduced from the East into Venice. Fine delicate tools for impressing the gold designs and different color leathers for onlays and inlays on the covers became the foundation for decorating bindings.

The early 16th Century became one of the finest periods in the history of decorative bookbinding. However, the high cost of producing books made them so valuable that they were often chained to the bookshelves to prevent them being stolen.

Source: http://www.waytebinding.co.uk/pr02.htm

So yes, they ARE awfully decorative!

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Sybil Pye, Apocrypha, 1924 – embroidered satin

In 1868, David McConnell Smyth patented a sewing machine designed specifically for bookbinding. Over the next 30 years, he went on to develop machines for gluing, trimming, case-making (hard covers), and casing-in. Many of his machines are still in use.

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Early double-loop sewing machine

The invention uses a double-loop stitch and “a pair of curved needles acting in opposite directions, with a looper that takes the loop from one needle and delivers it over the other needle.

Source: http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/book-boom-early-bookbinding-inventions

  Though the perfect binding was invented in 1895, it did not become popular until 1931 when the German publisher, Albatross Books, introduced the first paperback book. Penguin Books in England adopted the format in 1935 with their popular books. In America, Pocket Books started producing popular titles in 1939 paperback versions. Soon everyone was reading paperback books.

Source: http://www.powis.com/resources/learn/binding_history.php

Dust jackets first came into use in the 1800’s and were simple, unadorned paper wrappers (see below). Their original intent was to protect books bound in leather or silk from the printing house.  They were not regarded as part of the book. Essentially, they were meant to be discarded when it reached its destination. All of that changed, once publishers realized the marketing potential afforded by dust jackets.

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“Some Details concerning General Moreau” – value without dust jacket $100; with dust jacket $400

Decorative dust jackets caught on slowly. At first design elements of the dust jacket was a small window cut in an area on the binding where the publisher had a small picture or design sewed in. Eventually, publishers abandoned the cut-out window and simply duplicated the design on the jacket.

By the turn of the century, publishers realized that these relatively plain wrappers offered plenty of space for advertising. Synopses of the book and biographies of the author started to show up around 1910, and by 1920 illustrated dust jackets were common. Source: http://www.advantagebookbinding.com/blog/ .

Each era has a style reflective of the times. The period we refer to as Art Deco was no exception.

The 1933 Savory Cocktail book has a classic deco cover and is highly collectable.

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Savoy with dust jacket – ultra rare

The Savoy without dust jacket

A first edition in good condition can be hundreds of dollars without a dust jacket. With a dust jacket in serviceable condition, it is woth several thousands of dollars.

A 1983’s reprint reproduced the cover exactly as the original. It is something of a collectible in its own right and is valued at $25.00 – $70.00. Not bad for a book that could be found in a bargain bin for $1.00 in the early 1980’s.

Luckily for me, my favorite author, Agatha Christie, wrote some of her books at this time. Wonderful reproductions of her (and many other’s) dust-jackets can be purchased online. The following  pictures are a sampling of reproduction dust jackets produced and available at  https://www.dustjackets.com.

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1930 – The Mysterious Mr Quin

1933 – 13 at dinner (detail)

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1934 – Murder in the Calais Coach (detail)

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1935 – Death in the Air (detail)

1936 – Murder in Mesopotamia (detail)

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1940 – Sad Cypress (detail)

1944 – Partners in Crime (detail)

So, as Gloria Upson said in “Auntie Mame”, “books ARE awfully decorative…”. But please, don’t be a Gloria Upson, do read them!

    Hope you enjoyed,

Chris and Anthony (The Freaking’ ‘Tiquen guys)

“Books are AWFULLY decorative, don’t you think?”

[polymorphousculturevulture]

Sybil Pye, Book bound by Sybil Pye, self-taught British bookbinder, early 1920s

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