The Hobbit, Hand sewn and hand bound book, Illustrated by Alan Lee ted nasmith I did blind tooling decorations

I did blind tooling decorations onto the book plates and spine

I also marbled the edges of the text block to match the endpapers

it is sewn on four cords

while the title and author’s name are gilded in 24K gold

The Hobbit, Hand sewn and hand bound book, Illustrated by Alan Lee ted nasmith I did blind tooling decorations*Please note that this book is Hand Sewn on five cords and rebound in the traditional method and not simply recovered* Hand sewn and hand bound 'The Hobbit'. I bound my book with high quality hand dyed Italian leather. The book is sturdy to hand down to the next generations because the pages were hand sewn. I did blind tooling decorations onto the book plates and spine. Title and author were gilded with 24K gold. I also added tooled leather bookmark