Blue Copy Gothic

Jim’s Description

Overview

Number of Pages:

Year of binding: 2001

Dimensions: H:14.3  cm, W: 11 cm, T: 5.8 cm*

*H= Height, W = how wide the cover is, T = Thickness of book

Materials

Paper - First and last paper: Firehose with watermarks. The rest is mostly blue copy paper.

Sewing - Korean War era stable fiber cotton suture thread. Pack sewn on Hungarian hemp cords - also first and last are saddle stitched through the fold and spine lining.

Boards - Air dried quarter sawn and machine planed Indiana Beech, worked by hand

Endbands - Back beveled head and tail, sewn with Melody’s homespun flax

Covering - Chrome tanned deer

Carved foredge - 08

Note: Carved front suggesting action

Price: $950