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GREENHILL, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Greenhill bookbinder. A catalogue raisonné. London: Bernard Roberts at the Stockwell Press for K.D. Duval in Frenich, Foss, Pitlochry, Perthshire, 1986.
Small 2o (294 x 206 mm). NO. 310 OF 500 COPIES. Illustrations and color plates. MOSAIC BINDING DESIGNED BY ELIZABETH GREENHILL AND EXECUTED BY FLORA GINN: gold-tooled light-blue morocco, inlaid with three shades of green morocco, longitudinal lettering on spine, green morocco doublures, gilt edges. Cloth box.
Born in Paris in 1907, Elizabeth Greenhill was first introduced to bookbinding at Bedales by Roger Powell's father, Oswald. In the twenties, she studied design at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris where Pierre Legrain was the director. She worked for many years as a restorer before exclusively turning to fine binding. She was president of Designer Bookbinders, of which Flora Ginn is a fellow.
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Born in Paris in 1907, Elizabeth Greenhill was first introduced to bookbinding at Bedales by Roger Powell's father, Oswald. In the twenties, she studied design at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris where Pierre Legrain was the director. She worked for many years as a restorer before exclusively turning to fine binding. She was president of Designer Bookbinders, of which Flora Ginn is a fellow.