Bookbinding began as a hobby for Anthony Gardner (1887-1973), but following his retirement as a Chief Structural Engineer in the Ministry of Works in 1953 he established his own bookbinding and restoration firm. Gardener was also a self-taught engraver and calligrapher.

Bindery journals and notebooks of Anthony Gardner, consisting of:

• Notebooks, 1937-41, including bindery accounts for 1941
• Bindery journals, 1946-73

The collection was given to the Library in 1975.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45609-15.

Bookbinding

Gardner | Anthony | 1887-1973 | bookbinder