The Enthusiast specializes in hand-bound editions executed in defiance of the machine aesthetic of a predatory late-capitalist regime. And while beautiful, they are anything but luxury products. If you would like part of your library bound in velvet, decorative paper, or cloth, it is more likely than not that you will be able to afford it. Below, we have some examples of bindings we have done for Frankenstein, Mrs. Dalloway, Moby Dick and other famous titles, as examples of what we like to make. You can email us at geoffreybridgman@proton.me

Mrs. Dalloway bound in painted cloth with crushed glass spine.

Between The Acts by Virginia Woolf bound in pastepaper and paper leather, with spine ornamentation.

Flush by Virginia Woolf bound in paper treated with konnyaku power, like the paper used to make paper clothing in Japan.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a treasure binding done in mylar and paper with rhinestone ornamentation.

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