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Born in 1928, Philip Smith began his career in 1949, graduating from the Royal College of Art in London with First Class Honours in 1954. He beacme an internationally renowned designer bookbinder and book artist, designing and creating intricate and fascinating bindings for well over 50 years. He was awarded gold and silver medals in several international competitions, and in 2000 he was awarded an MBE for services to Art.
Philip invented and pioneered several ground-breaking and influential techniques and structural developments. His work is represented in many private collections and can be seen in several public collections overseas and in the UK, including the V&A National Art Library and the British Library.
Born in 1928, Philip Smith began his career in 1949, graduating from the Royal College of Art in London with First Class Honours in 1954. He beacme an internationally renowned designer bookbinder and book artist, designing and creating intricate and fascinating bindings for well over 50 years. He was awarded gold and silver medals in several international competitions, and in 2000 he was awarded an MBE for services to Art.
Philip invented and pioneered several ground-breaking and influential techniques and structural developments. His work is represented in many private collections and can be seen in several public collections overseas and in the UK, including the V&A National Art Library and the British Library.
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SMITH (PHILIP) SMITH (ALI) Hotel World, FIRST EDITION, Hamish Hamilton, 2001
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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SMITH (PHILIP)
SMITH (ALI) Hotel World, FIRST EDITION, elaborate painted salmon pink goatskin by Philp Smith (signed and dated 2001 on rear paste-down), covers decorated with maril onlays, upper cover with inlaid turquoise leather square above (stamped 'ore stabit fortis aqui et placet ore stat'), and an inset 2001 penny coin below, lower cover with inlaid shadowy oval female portrait above, open spine painted to match, with triple grey goatskin yoke, central yoke lettered in blind, grey endpapers with salmon pink strips, printed label reading 'The Booker Prize 2001, Finalist, bound by Philip Smith' inserted before title (inscribed 'second copy' on reverse), sheet of 'Maker's Notes' tipped-in on blank endleaf, housed in a felt-lined red cloth solander box, with gilt lettered goatskin title label on front, 8vo (220 x 140mm.), Hamish Hamilton, 2001
Footnotes
A binding specially created for Ali Smith's postmodern novel Hotel World, one of the 2001 Booker Prize shortlisted titles.
Exhibited: British Library, December 2001-January 2002.