Londonderry

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.This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 85 gsm, hand-laid Arches 100% cotton rag archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 This book’s endbands are navy and gold silk , and its bookmark is dark green goatskin.  Its spine is covered in goatskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in paper detail from a 1949 map of the British Isles.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

 The talisman in this book is a 1976 British Two Pence coin.  It was enough to buy candy at the store in its day.  Go ahead and indulge.

This book is roughly 6.5 x 10” with more than 100 blank Arches pages.

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.This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 85 gsm, hand-laid Arches 100% cotton rag archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 This book’s endbands are navy and gold silk , and its bookmark is dark green goatskin.  Its spine is covered in goatskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in paper detail from a 1949 map of the British Isles.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

 The talisman in this book is a 1976 British Two Pence coin.  It was enough to buy candy at the store in its day.  Go ahead and indulge.

This book is roughly 6.5 x 10” with more than 100 blank Arches pages.

.This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 85 gsm, hand-laid Arches 100% cotton rag archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 This book’s endbands are navy and gold silk , and its bookmark is dark green goatskin.  Its spine is covered in goatskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in paper detail from a 1949 map of the British Isles.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

 The talisman in this book is a 1976 British Two Pence coin.  It was enough to buy candy at the store in its day.  Go ahead and indulge.

This book is roughly 6.5 x 10” with more than 100 blank Arches pages.