The Everyman's Library

Style III 1935-1953

Binding

This 1933 edition of The Aenid is an example of the third binding style. It is the simplest design yet, featuring no floral design work, and only the title at the top of the spine, and “Everyman’s Library” at the bottom. A quirk of EML production was that often books were printed and stored in batches of 10,000, and they were not bound until orders had been received. This led to some books being printed during one style, but not bound until another style. Although this volume was printed during style II, it is bound in style III. It comes from the King’s Land Collection, Hillaire Belloc’s personal library.

Spine

Virgil, The Aenid, 03-37943 KINGSLAND

Title Page

This 1938 edition of Speeches and Letters on American Affairs by Edmund Burke shows the second style of title pages used by EML. It includes a different device for each of the categories of EML designed by Eric Ravilious. The Burke title still possesses its dust jacket and was owned by the Irish historian T.W. Moody. It comes from the Irish Collection

Title Page

Burke, Speeches and Letters on American Affairs, 07-000016397 IRISH

Paste-down

This 1943 edition of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn shows the second style of paste-downs. It is a repeating pattern also designed by Eric Ravilious. This volume comes from Graham Greene’s Library.

Paste-down

Twain,Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, PS1306 .A1 1943 GREENE’S LIBRARY

Style II 1928-1934
American EML 1950-1953