Bicycle Races

$90.00

This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 This book’s endbands and bookmark are Alran French goatskin.  Its spine is covered book cloth from the Netherlands, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England.

The talisman in this book is a mid 20th-Century bicycle racing medal.  France is best-known for bicycle racing because of the Tour de France, but there are 24 million bicycles on the road in the Netherlands.  Four of the top ten bicycle riding nations are in Scandinavia.  It’s never too cold to ride!

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This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 This book’s endbands and bookmark are Alran French goatskin.  Its spine is covered book cloth from the Netherlands, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England.

The talisman in this book is a mid 20th-Century bicycle racing medal.  France is best-known for bicycle racing because of the Tour de France, but there are 24 million bicycles on the road in the Netherlands.  Four of the top ten bicycle riding nations are in Scandinavia.  It’s never too cold to ride!

This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 This book’s endbands and bookmark are Alran French goatskin.  Its spine is covered book cloth from the Netherlands, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England.

The talisman in this book is a mid 20th-Century bicycle racing medal.  France is best-known for bicycle racing because of the Tour de France, but there are 24 million bicycles on the road in the Netherlands.  Four of the top ten bicycle riding nations are in Scandinavia.  It’s never too cold to ride!