Ted Bennett

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Folio Society
235 x 150 x 25mm

Bound in full goat-skin with leather recessed and raised onlays. Lettered with individual hand letters that compliment the title page using gold leaf. The colours chosen complement the illustrations and themes of the text. The edges of the book have been rough cut and sprinkled with gold ink. Hand-sewn double core end bands and textured paper end papers for the pastedowns. The design draws inspiration from the text and represents the high sun reflecting on water, the shadows and passing of time.

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Bantam Press, 2018

The book is sewn on five tapes, covered in Black goatskin. Onlays of red and grey goatskin. The binding has double core hand-sewn endbands, three gilt edges and marbled paper ends. The design was tooled with gold leaf. Housed in a full buckram drop-back box with leather label and velvet pads.

The Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi
Translated from Italian by T.W. Arnold M.A.
Florence Press, London, 1909

The book is sewn on five tapes, covered in purple goatskin with foredge strips of vellum. Onlays of red, yellow, blue and orange goatskin were used alongside raised vellum onlays. The binding has double core hand-sewn endbands and three gilt edges. The design was tooled with gold leaf and black ink. Housed in a full buckram drop-back box with leather label and velvet pads.

Five Centuries of English Bookbinding by Howard M. Nixon
Scholar Press, London, 1979
260 x 177 x 23mm

The book is sewn on five tapes, covered in full vellum over boards. It has single core hand-sewn end bands. The binding has a hand painted calligraphic spine and simple board design on turn-ins tooled with gold leaf and black ink. Housed in a buckram slipcase with alum-tawed leather at the head and tail.