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I'm quite proud of this one. This one looks a little more antiquarian than the others. Notice the bumps on the spine. Instead of sewing the signatures on tapes, I used cord. The raised cords on Mom's, Nicky's, and Mikey's books are regrettably faux raised cords. These are real. Here is a close up of my headcap and endband:
You can also see some of the fly sheets and the pastedown. That lovely marbled paper is hand-marbled in Spain. Here is another look at my raised cords:
They're charming, aren't they? I hated sewing on cords. There has to be more attention paid to evenness than in sewing on tapes. But the end effect is lovely. This is the book opened:
And a nice little close-up of the staining on the paper:
You are quite right! I am sending my book back for the faux to be removed and the original to be installed. About how long will it take, and do I have to pay postage? JK! I love it! You keep getting better and better. I think the photos would make excellent ebay photos as well or wherever you think you'd like to sell your finished products. They are so exquisite! Well done!
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