‘Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens’ by J. M. Barrie
Full-leather binding in goat skin and dyed parchment.
The book is illustrated by Arthur Rackham. The covers are constructed from vertical pieces covered in goat skin. The leather has been dyed and sanded. Decorative techniques include tooling in black ink, onlays of painted reindeer parchment and dyed leather cord. As the publication is 100 years old, the edges already had a wonderful aged appearance so they were left without any edge treatment. The book has been bound as to be an object brought to life from the story. It was one of my books exhibited in the Designer Bookbinders’ touring exhibition in Japan in 2006.