*Please note that this book is Hand Sewn on five cords and rebound in the traditional method and not simply recovered*
Hand sewn and hand bound 'The Hobbit'. I bound my book with high quality hand dyed Italian leather. The book is sturdy to hand down to the next generations because the pages were hand sewn. I did blind tooling decorations onto the book plates and spine. Title and author were gilded with 24K gold. I also added tooled leather bookmark for the overall harmony. As an endpaper I used handmade marbled paper which I made and selected the best one for the book. The book edges are marbled too.
All processes are performed by hands without using any machine to respect tradition and environment. It takes a long time to bind a book but it allows me to put a piece of my soul into each book.
<Book information>
Publisher : Harper Collins (Illustrated edition)
Illustrator : Alan Lee
Language : English
Dimension : about 14.5x22.5x4 cm (about5.7x8.8x1.5inches)
<Shipping> All of my items are shipped via FedEx or DHL which provide a tracking number through all its journeys. The shipping company requests the phone number of the recipient as a duty for international shipping.
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