It opens flat, because it is sewn.
Notebooks and sketchbooks bound one at a time: sections folded with the grain, punched and sewn with linen thread, on ivory paper a fountain pen does not go through.
The paper, and the rest
- Paper
- 120 gsm ivory, sized for fountain pens: no feathering, no ghosting, and enough tooth to take a pencil
- Sewing
- Linen thread over tapes, five stations. A sewn book opens flat and stays open; a glued one cracks at the spine
- Pages
- 192 in the A5, 96 in the A6, 128 in the sketchbook. Blank, dotted or ruled, chosen at checkout
- Covers
- Bookcloth over board, quarter-bound in cloth and buckram, or plain boards. Corners turned by hand
- Sizes
- A6 for a pocket, A5 for a desk, B5 for drawing. Anything else is an edition
The books
Quarter-bound A5
from €46.00
- Material
- Linen sides, buckram spine, 120 gsm ivory
- Size
- A5, 192 pages
Cloth-bound A5, indigo
from €42.00
- Material
- Bookcloth over board, 120 gsm ivory
- Size
- A5, 192 pages
Coptic sketchbook
from €38.00
- Material
- Exposed sewing, 160 gsm cartridge
- Size
- B5, 128 pages
Ribboned journal, navy
from €52.00
- Material
- Bookcloth, two ribbons, sprayed edges
- Size
- A5, 240 pages
Pocket books, three
from €34.00
- Material
- Sewn sections, 120 gsm ivory
- Size
- A6, 96 pages each
Blank book, ivory
from €40.00
- Material
- Plain boards, 120 gsm ivory
- Size
- A5, 192 pages
Your initials, in foil
Pick the size, the cloth and up to four characters. The foil goes on by hand on a bench press, one letter at a time, before the block is cased in -- which is why it has to be decided before the book is made.
A run of fifty, or one book for a wedding
Guest books, albums, and runs of notebooks with a shop or a studio mark on the cover. Say the size, the paper and how many, and a price and a date come back within two working days. Ten is the smallest run.