ILLUMINATED FIGHTBOOK SHORTLISTED FOR BRITISH BOOK AWARDS We are delighted to announce that the Exemplary Edition of 1.33 has been shortlisted in the Limited Edition and Fine binding category of the British Book Design and Production Awards 2013
GUERNSEY LILLY AT KEW We are delighted that the library at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew have purchased a copy of the Guernsey lilly for their library. Bibliophiles may wish to know that they already hold an original copy of Douglas' work.
SAS WAR DIARY AT DSEI We raffled a copy of the Services Edition of the SAS War Diary at DSEI 2013 and the response was overwhelming. The draw took place at Noon on Friday 13th and our thanks go to Tim Porter the managing director of
THE SPACE PIRATES OF ROQUAINE I know that this is a book blog but I cannot resist bringing The Space Pirates of Rocquaine to your attention. Released this summer in a limited edition of just 500 copies this is an album to make your heart sing.
ILLUMINATED FIGHTBOOK EXEMPLARY EDITION The final touches are just being out on the Exemplary Edition of the Fightbook. Each copy is bound in 300 year old oak boards with a veiny vellum spine, they look absolutely stunning. Each copy is then presented in a bespoke leather
DIARY EXEMPLARY EDITION AT DSEI The Exemplary Edition of the SAS War Diary will have its first public unveiling at DSEI, the worlds largest arms and security fair, at EXCEL in London's docklands from the 10th to the 13thSeptember.Each Exemplary will be bound in a fine
TOILERS OF THE SEA I have recently been chatting with Joe Whitlock-Blundell at the Folio Society. I was explaining that I had always wanted to see a full English translation complete with the 36 illustrations that VIctor Hugo bound into the original manuscript. I have long
FROM THE LONDON ANTIQUARIAN Lots of old friends and lots of new ones at the London Antiquarian Book Fair. Derek Hood was taking his turn on the Designer Bookbinders stand and Shepherds were showing off their indestructible Explorer notebooks from their Wiltshire Barn Project, which helps with the rehabilitation of services
BOOK EXPO FAVOURITE Back from the Book Expo in an absolutely sweltering New York, but hey, we go so you don't have too. Sadly there was no sign of either Scriptorium or Moliero, both of whom had been listed as attending from an out of date
BOOK EXPO AMERICA We are off to New York for Book Expo America and hugely looking forward to it. Among the specialist publishers exhibiting are , Heritage Edizioni and Scripta Maneant, whose De Lisle Psalter which is wholly printed on vellum looks absolutely stunning. We are also keen to