1991.1016.75.2.2

Douglas Cockerell (bookbinder)

Letter from Douglas Cockerell to Dorothy Walker accompanying hardback booklet containing photographs of the ' Bruce Rogers Bible', dated 30.06.1938. Found inserted in the book, Typography of the Cambridge University Press by Rogers, Bruce, when acquired by the museum, shelf E31. Part of the Emery Walker Library.

Letchworth

1938-06-30 - 1938-06-30

Arts & Crafts

Letter from Douglas Cockerell of Douglas Cockerell and Son, Bookbinders, to Dorothy Walker dated 30th June 1938. Found in Typography of the Cambridge University Press by Bruce Rogers DOUGLAS COCKERELL AND SON DOUGLAS COCKERELL, M.B.E., - SYDNEY M. COCKERELL – ROGER POWELL BOOKBINDERS & MAKERS OF MARBLE PAPER 298, NORTON WAY, LETCHWORTH, HERTS. TELEPHONE: LETCHWORTH 35 June 30 1938 Dear Dorothy Here are some photographs of the Bruce Rogers Bible[i]. The book itself we think looks far better than the photographs suggest, but I thought that you might like to have a memento of your gift to Worcester. The book went off by Passenger Train, insured, today [Yours truly] Douglas Cockerell[ii] [Footnote: [i]See 1991. 1016. 75. 2.1 for the photographs, which have been bound into the form of a small book. An inscription at the beginning of this book makes it clear that the Bruce Rogers Bible had been bound by Douglas Cockerell and Son in readiness for presentation by Dorothy Walker to Worcester Cathedral [ii]Douglas Cockerell (1870 – 1945) was the brother of Sir Sydney Cockerell. Sydney M. Cockerell was the son of Douglas. CAW]