Fine binding can be a means to express oneself and to interpret the contents of the book your own way. It can also simply be the donning of new clothes onto a cherished book — albeit with style. Bringing color, texture and surprise to a book can be accomplished with leather, parchment, wood, shagreen and other exotic materials. Those, used in combination with gold, palladium or blind tooling, can bring out the design in a handsome and elegant manner. Unusual binding structures such as accordions, exposed sewings and many other variations can be combined to bring forth a truly unique binding. This type of binding is usually relegated to a "one-of-a-kind" situation, but it is also possible to produce a small edition in this manner.
Mentoring Stamp - Lance Hidy. Bound in 2017. Held in private collection.
Classic Salmon Fly Patterns - Michael D. Radencich. Bound in 2014 for private client.
Detail - Classic Salmon Fly Patterns - Michael D. Radencich. Bound in 2014 for private client.
Newton's Opticks. Rebound in 2012 for private client.
The Agra Diamond - Bound in 2011 for private client.
The Four Gospels - Bound in 2015 for private client.
The Naturalist's Library. Rebound in 2014 for private client.
Reflections - Bound in 2012 for private client.
Detail - Reflections - Bound in 2012 for private client.
Deep Roots - Timothy Duffey photographer, various artists involved. Boxes made for tintypes. Completed in 2018 for 21st Editions.
Human Canvas - Wesley Channell photographer. Case built in 2020 for 21st Editions.
Detail - Human Canvas - Wesley Channell photographer. Case built in 2020 for 21st Editions.
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press. Rebound in 2009 for private client.
Detail - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press. Rebound in 2009 for private client.
Into This World - Poems by Natalie Goldberg, Illustrations by Clare Dunne. Bound in 2016 for private client.
Into This World - Poems by Natalie Goldberg, Illustrations by Clare Dunne. Bound in 2016 for private client.
County Survey - Text by James Armstrong & Ben Mitchell. Etchings by Ladislav R. Hanka. Bound in 1993. For sale, contact Praxis Bindery.
Detail - County Survey - Text by James Armstrong & Ben Mitchell. Etchings by Ladislav R. Hanka. Bound in 1993. For sale, contact Praxis Bindery.
The View - Poems by Czeslaw Milosz, Mezzotints by Vija Celmins. Bound 1986. Held in private collection.
Poems by Henrik Ibsen - Translated by Michael Feingold, Illustrated by Neil Welliver. Bound in 1987. Held in private collection.
A Constructed Roman Alphabet - David Lance Goines, Bound for private client 1986
Champ Rosé - Bruce Rogers on the type of Geogroy Tory. Bound for private client.
Thistles and Thorns - Poetry by, Paul Smyth. Wood engravings by Barry Moser. Held in a private collection.
Epistole devotissime of St. Catherine of Siena - One millionth acquisition to Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College. Bound in 2008.
Collotype - Bound in 2018 for private client.
Neuromancer - text by William Gibson. Bound in 2021 for Suntup Editions.
Burnet's Reformation - Three volume set rebound similar to original in 2013
The Mind's Eye - Oliver Sacks. Bound for private client.
Wedding album for private client.