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Jump to: About the series | Video review | Complete list of all the books About Chiltern Classics Chiltern Publishing is a relatively recent publisher, issuing their first books only in 2018, but they are already strongly achieving their mission to create beautiful editions of the classics. The famous 1800s Read more…

By Daisy, 1 year7 days ago

Annual Reviews & Gift Guides

Most Beautiful Books of 2019 – A Holiday Gift Guide

An illustrated review of the most beautiful books published in 2019

By Daisy, 2 years7 days ago

Decorative Bindings

Sprayed Edges – Video Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_tBJXFLOzc A quick video tour of the fancy sprayed page edge treatments in my collection at the moment. If you’d like to know where to find these ones (and a whole host of others), check out the illustrated list of fancy sprayed edges here (I keep it regularly updated with Read more…

By Daisy, 2 years1 year ago

decorative bindings

Illustrated Bibliography

Collecting Chiltern Classics

Annual Reviews & Gift Guides

Most Beautiful Books of 2019 – A Holiday Gift Guide

Decorative Bindings

Sprayed Edges – Video Tour