Before the advent of dust-jackets many books, especially those for children, were bound in brightly coloured cloth with pictorial blocking in gold and other striking colours.

This bone china mug features a colourful 19th- and 20th-century bookshelf design, with jolly book titles all taken from the Bodleian Libraries collection. 

• Made exclusively for the Bodleian Libraries in Staffordshire
• Fine Bone China
• Dishwasher safe