The Snails / by Patricia Highsmith

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Snails / by Patricia Highsmith

Entry/Object ID

2025.13.2

Description

[11], [16], [5] p. : illus., in custom box

Collection

ABM Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Fiction

Dimensions

Height

24 cm

Width

21.8 cm

Parts

Book Handmade custom box

Book Details

Author

Patricia Highsmith

Illustrator

Peggy Gotthold

Publisher

Foolscap Press

Date Published

2016

Printer

Foolscap Press

Date Printed

2016

Binding

Binding Type

Accordion

Binding Designer

Peggy Gotthold

Binding Notes

Hand-sewn accordion binding on fan-shaped boards, covered in textured beige book cloth (possibly silk). The trapezoidal box covered in a muted magenta of the same style cloth, with a cast paper sculpture of a snail on the lid.