The Illustrated Man

In Private Collection

By Ray Bradbury. Published by The Folio Society. Bound by Glenn Malkin (2018)
Bound in Pentland goat with the design and background airbrushed in acrylics. Lines tooled in carbon with additional tooling in gold. Quotation in from the text blocked in gold crossing the front and rear leather doublures. Suede endpapers. Head and tail edges decorated with acrylics. Hand sewn silk endbands. The design reflects not only the tattooed images but also the diverse worlds upon which the stories are set. Presented in a suede-lined wooden box with a titled leather panel to the lid reflecting the design of the binding.
Winner of a Highly Commended prize at the Designer Bookbinders annual competition 2018
Decorated Edges
Close-up detail of design
Hand-sewn silk endbands