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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. LONDON & NEW YORK & MELBOURNE: WARD, LOCK AND CO., 1891

Bound in a stunning emblematic designer binding by Robert Wu: crushed red morocco, the front cover with an outline portrait of the titular character (bearing a resemblance to the author) achieved with straight and curvilinear gilt and palladium rules.

Robert Wu.  The art of practicing the ‘cello.  Toronto, Canada: Little Gem Press, 2002.

This 1 ½ inch tall book was designed, compiled, illustrated, hand-colored and hand-bound by Robert Wu of Toronto, Ontario.  Two other artists were also involved with our copy of this tiny marvel.  It is in a unique binding by Monique Lallier, an internationally known Canadian binder and book artist whose studio is now in Summerfield, NC, just north of Greensboro.  Check out her work at her website http://moniquelallier.com/gallery-of-design-bindings/ -- the first of the bindings pictured is also in our collections.  Audrey Sage, our own Preservation Services Manager, created the clamshell box which now protects the wee book (and allows us to shelve it!)  Audrey has been making amazing protective boxes for Special Collections materials for years, as well as preserving and restoring materials.