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On display at V&A South Kensington
British Galleries, Room 125, Edwin and Susan Davies Gallery

Modern power generators : steam electric and internal-combustion

Book
1908 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Modern power generators : steam electric and internal-combustion, and their application to present-day requirements / prepared under the editorship of James Weir French.
French, James Weir, editor.

Publisher:
London : Gresham Publishing Company, 1908.

Description:
2 v. (xix, 201 p., [5] leaves of plates; xiv, 203 p., [6] leaves of plates) : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm.

Notes:
"With many diagrams and pictorial illustrations and a series of composite sectional models".
Col. plates are composite sectional models and printed in Bavaria.
Binding in the 'Glasgow Style', designed by Talwin Morris (signed T.M.). Case bound in green cloth, blocked in black and gold.
Listed as part of lot 145 in Sotheby's sale of Illustrated books and drawings, 22 May 1997; from the collection of Gerald Cinamon.
38041997106281 Vol. 1 on display in Gallery 125 (British Galleries) from Dec. 2011 onwards.
38041000111302 Vol. 2 displayed in Gallery 125 (British Galleries) 2001-Dec. 2011.

Action Note:
Collated (v. 1) 19990717 Complete
Collated (v. 2) 19990717 Complete

Subjects:
Engines.
Power (Mechanics)
Motors.
Power producing equipment.

Genre or Form:
Treatises -- England 1908.
Cloth case bindings -- England 1908.
Panel stamp bindings -- England 1908.
Fold-outs -- England 1908.

Names:
Morris, Talwin, 1865-1911, binding designer.
Cinamon, Gerald, former owner.
Gresham Publishing Company Ltd., publisher.




Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleModern power generators : steam electric and internal-combustion (published title)
Materials and techniques
Case bound in green cloth, blocked in black and gold
Brief description
Modern power generators : steam electric and internal-combustion, and their application to present-day requirements / prepared under the editorship of James Weir French. Volume I. James Weir French, editor. London : Gresham Publishing Company, 1908.
Physical description
Modern power generators : steam electric and internal-combustion, and their application to present-day requirements / prepared under the editorship of James Weir French.
French, James Weir, editor.

Publisher:
London : Gresham Publishing Company, 1908.

Description:
2 v. (xix, 201 p., [5] leaves of plates; xiv, 203 p., [6] leaves of plates) : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm.

Notes:
"With many diagrams and pictorial illustrations and a series of composite sectional models".
Col. plates are composite sectional models and printed in Bavaria.
Binding in the 'Glasgow Style', designed by Talwin Morris (signed T.M.). Case bound in green cloth, blocked in black and gold.
Listed as part of lot 145 in Sotheby's sale of Illustrated books and drawings, 22 May 1997; from the collection of Gerald Cinamon.
38041997106281 Vol. 1 on display in Gallery 125 (British Galleries) from Dec. 2011 onwards.
38041000111302 Vol. 2 displayed in Gallery 125 (British Galleries) 2001-Dec. 2011.

Action Note:
Collated (v. 1) 19990717 Complete
Collated (v. 2) 19990717 Complete

Subjects:
Engines.
Power (Mechanics)
Motors.
Power producing equipment.

Genre or Form:
Treatises -- England 1908.
Cloth case bindings -- England 1908.
Panel stamp bindings -- England 1908.
Fold-outs -- England 1908.

Names:
Morris, Talwin, 1865-1911, binding designer.
Cinamon, Gerald, former owner.
Gresham Publishing Company Ltd., publisher.


Dimensions
  • Height: 34.2cm (closed)
  • Width: 25cm (closed)
  • Depth: 3.5cm (closed)
Style
Gallery label
  • BOOK BINDING 1908 Talwin Morris introduced the new and modern Glasgow style to bookbinding. At the time, most artistic bookbinding tried to imitate historic examples. Morris designed covers for books on technical subjects like this one. The geometry and elegant lines on this binding show the influence of Japanese design. Case bound in green cloth, blocked in black and gold Binding designed by Talwin Morris (born in Winchester, Hampshire, 1865, died in Torwood, Stirlingshire, 1911); published in London by the Gresham Publishing Company National Art Library no. 38041997106281(16/03/2018)
Historical context
Displayed closed to show binding.
Other number
TAL.0311 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
38041997106281

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