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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Breathless
Dear Sam,
Your letter arrived yesterday, about fifteen minutes ahead of the books. When I unwrapped them my breath was taken away. I should be used to it by now, but the brilliance of your work still knocks me out. To say that I am delighted is a huge understatement. The Clarendon has so many exquisite, subtle details. The blind tooling on the covers and the edges brought a big smile to my face. The balance between the blind tooling and the gold leaf work is superb, a resraint that can only be called "classic." The Burckhardt ["History of the Renaissance"] is also a smashing success. I love the gold-embossed cover design, right out of the period. On the shelf the spine announces the work within just perfectly....thank you for all the extra trouble that is required to arrive at such terrific results!
Michael
Hello Sam -
Words can't describe how pleased I am with The Red badge of Courage. The rebinding cane out much better than I expected.
Best,
Don
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Oh!, so Personal
Hi Robert:
I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you for completing our request of embossing our leather blackberry playbook cases last week. They looked wonderful and we were very happy with the quality of the embossing. You guys did an amazing job!!!
The attendees loved receiving the playbooks and especially appreciated having their cases personalized. Thanks again!!!!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Magic
Once again you have worked your magic - you must be the Merlin of book binders. I just received the exquisitely bound Last of the Mohicans. The Nigrian binding, the Chena River paper, and the marbled page edges all combine to make this classic novel into a spectacle of deligh!.
George Macy, the founder of the Limited Editions Club, was always pushing the envelope. He liked to have his bindings have empathy with the story. Consequently, he wanted this book bound in buckskin. But the material which he purchased from a glover was too soft and wore out rapidly. I am going to start taking before and after pictures as a visual tribute to the skill of you and your group.
To see these LECs returned to a better than the original book condition is to see an LEC rennaisance. The beautiful illustrations of Edward Wilson, which more than rival those of the great N. C. Wyeth, are now prserved for a few more generations.
All one has to do is to see this remarkable workmanship to realize you have the blending of skills which give much deserved new life to books now more than 80 years old.