George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives

Blissful Books and Bindings

Sangorski & Sutcliffe

English bookbinders Francis Sangorski (1875-1912) and George Suttcliffe (1878-1943) formed their bindery in 1901. They specialized in jeweled bindings, but did not limit themselves to any one form. The company survives today as SSZ, a combination of the Zaehnsdorf and Sangorski & Sutcliffe firms.

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
    Hand and Soul / by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 6th London ed. London : T. N. Foulis, 1912

Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in a tan levant, with gold dentelle decoration. The book has marbled end papers and a gilt top.