Hand Bookbindings

by 

Henry Wessells

At left : Puck Aleshire's Abecedary by Michael Swanwick. Illustrated by Kathryn Kramer.  Dragon Press, [February] 2000. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches.
               Sewn onto linen tapes and bound in quarter brown Dutch linen and handmade Indian jute paper (Alexandra Soteriou's Desert Gold) over boards, Desert Gold endpapers.
               Trade issue of 30 copies, lettered A - Z & North, South, East, West and signed by the author ; presentation issue of 14 copies, signed by author and illustrator.

Bottom left : El Vilvoy de las Islas by Avram Davidson.  Preface by Joanna Russ. The Nutmeg Point District Mail, [June 30,] 2000. 6 x 9 inches.
               Sewn onto linen tapes and bound in green Dutch linen and handmade Indian jute paper (Alexandra Soteriou's Desert Grass) over boards, title and vilvoy in gilt, Desert Gold endpapers.
               Presentation issue of 25 copies, numbered i - xxv ; trade issue of 25 copies, numbered 1 - 25. 

Bottom right : Test binding of El Vilvoy de las Islas in blue linen and Kashmiri jute cloth paper, two copies hors commerce.
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