Book covers can reveal more about text and material history, says rare ... From leather to brass, UChicago Library exhibition judges books by their covers. By Clare Austen-Smith Mar 22, 2022. Book ...

In that post on Talking Covers, Sean Manning’s terrific (and sadly defunct) book-design blog, you can see the progression of Louie’s designs for Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral,” one of the ...

A few companies specialize in recreating the aesthetic of old books, and Gryphon Editions is one of them. CEO Dasha Stein and her husband Jeff tell me that most leather-bound-book companies are gone.