WATERLOO BINDING FINALISED The final tests of the embroidered binding for the exemplary copies of the Waterloo book have now been completed and the results are spectacular. We had the binding on display at the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair and the design went down a
TOILERS OF THE SEA UPDATE We launched our campaign to persuade the Folio Society to create a limited edition of Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea in Guernsey last weekend. There was a piece on the Channel TV evening news, which you can see by clicking here.
WIN THE EXEMPLARY EDITION OF THE SAS WAR DIARY WORTH £15,000 The Telgraph of Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of November will feature two, 8-page pullouts featuring material from the SAS War Diary. One lucky reader will also be able to win an exemplary edition of
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