Personalized custom hand-engraved blank book, with wood covers, pages hand-stitched to deals dark brown leather, bookmark ribbon.
The binding is of this book is hand-sewn, with page signatures open-stitched onto brown calftskin leather bands, which wrap around and are glued to the wood cover boards. The boards are fine-grained Philippine mahogany plywood. The book opens easily and lays flat, and the boards will provide a firm support for writing, or drawing, or doodling, or making things up as you go along.
The edges and corners of the wood have been sanded and slightly rounded. The wood has been lightly stained with MinWax Golden Oak stain. The boards are protected with two coats of tough polycrylic varnish. The pages are sewn in snugly -- not with one or two, but with four stitches per signature -- and will not fall out or work loose.
The text can be a name, or other text. If you can't find a font you like in the listed options, message me and we will work something out.
This book, as listed, is MADE TO ORDER, since it will take deals a little while to engrave the text. It will ship the third business day after you order it. I ship USPS Priority Mail, and if the recipient is in the continental US, the books I ship usually reach their destinations in two to four business days after ship day. The book you receive will look a little different from the book pictured here, due to natural variations in the wood and leather.
SHIPPING: I ship via USPS Priority Mail, which gets things anywhere in the US in three days, max. International orders typically take a week to ten days to reach their destination.
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Additional pages can be added to your book: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/246852679/more-pages
PAGE SIZE: 5.5 by 7 inches.
NUMBER OF PAGES: 7 signatures, 32 pages each, 224 pages total.
PAPER: Acid-free Strathmore 400 series 60-lb drawing paper.
ENDPAPERS: Art Nouveau Floral printed paper
GLUE: Hollander's archival PVA book adhesive.
THREAD: Waxed linen
WOOD: Fine-grained strong thin "doorskin" plywood.
VARNISH: Two coats Minwax Polycrylic water-based varnish.
HEADBAND: Hollander's woven silk headband
LEATHER: Brown calfskin
PURCHASING:
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