Binding by Althea Gyles for W. B. Yeats’s ‘Poems’ (original) (raw)

Cloth binding for ‘Poems’

Althea Gyles

1897

Cloth binding

9¾ x 7 inches

This curious binding enshrines an elaborate symbolism with a dynamic design.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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