Now then, this is pretty special. Collect Book's (founded and run by Tim Sumner of Paper Bag Archive fame) first outing is a beautiful collection of bookplates - those crests, motifs, mottos and stamps that, printed onto a book's cover, signify the title's owner.
Here you'll find one hundred strong examples, spread across one hundred years - from motorbikes and suits of armour to grizzly bears and Death himself, each design expressing something of the time and the owner/creator.
Riso-printed in two colours on pristine G.F. Smith paper, this tactile, lovingly published book (it has a paper dust jacket and lay-flat, exposed binding) says a lot about how Collect view the value and physicality of a book, and we look forward to stocking the next titles that appear.
First edition of 450
Size: 170 x 123mm (softback with lay flat binding and paper dust jacket)
Pages: 112
Publisher: Collect Books
