Signature Bindery

I had a fantastic get-together with Michael at this morning. It was a great opportunity to talk books and see some amazing stuff! I was honored to have in front of me these two hand-written documents by J.R.R. Tolkien: one an unpublished essay discussing the central themes of his work; the other, the professor’s hand-drawn diagram showing the lineage of the Half-Elven. A great morning in a wonderful bookshop!

Popped in quickly to the in New York to take a poke around. Sadly, I won’t be around for the new installation being installed.

Reason #14 for why it is good to have a bookbinder as a friend: they can make you a working battle horn!

Milton’s subtle way of telling me that Sundays are not for working.

I don’t know how I am expected to get any work done when customers brings work like this in for me to fix….

We had to say a very sad goodbye to our Danté. He was the very embodiment of a curious cat. We always have known that there is a risk to having shop cats, but their presence in the bindery has always been filled with joyful moments. Unfortunately he ingested a good length of sewing thread without our realizing it and it created a fatal blockage. It is a more somber, quiet bindery right now but evidence of his existence in our lives is everyone. Go find Bartleby and bug him til we meet again!!