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27 January 2011, 05:31 PM
jkt
Custom Dark Carnival
I acquired a beat-up copy of Dark Carnival. No dust jacket, severely bumped & stained boards. Calling it a reader copy would have been kind. I was turned onto Dragonfly Bindery in Rhode Island…a continent away from me. Once they were turned loose this is what I now have. Three dimensional cut pieces of leather and gilt.

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27 January 2011, 08:31 PM
fanboy
That is really beautiful!!!!!!!! A lovely restoration.
27 January 2011, 09:05 PM
Doug Spaulding
Gilt is a good word. And this is as lovely as you described it. That's one bad bat.


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27 January 2011, 09:40 PM
jkt
quote:
Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Gilt is a good word. And this is as lovely as you described it. That's one bad bat.

I'll have it with me on Saturday, so I can show it off to you in person. Is this considered bragging?


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28 January 2011, 12:42 AM
philnic
There's only one word for that: batty!


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28 January 2011, 02:46 AM
dandelion
Wow! Who designed it?


Cori
28 January 2011, 06:46 AM
Doug Spaulding
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
I'll have it with me on Saturday, so I can show it off to you in person. Is this considered bragging?

Oh, I was hoping I would be able to one day touch it!


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28 January 2011, 07:35 AM
Blind Henry
And how much does it roughly cost to have something like that done? Very neat.

BH
28 January 2011, 04:46 PM
jkt
quote:
Originally posted by dandelion:
Wow! Who designed it?

Dragonfly Bindery of Rhode Island. I just told them my favorite story in the book and she took it from there.


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
28 January 2011, 04:47 PM
jkt
quote:
Originally posted by Blind Henry:
And how much does it roughly cost to have something like that done? Very neat.

BH

The rough cost depends on the amount of detail. The price of this one began with a two...roughly.


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
20 February 2011, 04:41 AM
Martian (Ruth S. Hare)
Beautiful! I am envious. Wink

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