À Outrance to the Death
- By Philip Pullman
- Oak Tree Fine Press, 2009
- 340mm x 260mm x 20mm
- Bound in 2009
- Auctioned for the 'Oak Tree Fine Press' charity
- in winter 2009, bought by a private collector
Dark grey goatskin with miscellaneous leather onlays in cream, grey, red, dark grey and turquoise
Steel, brass and silver jewllery blanks hand-sewn to leather with metallic threads
Steel, brass and copper hand-pierced vintage buttons dotted over the binding in the shape of snowflakes
Machine and hand-sewn snowflakes scattered over the covers
Brass, hand-pierced snowflakes and polar bear attached through boards
Footprints hand tooled in Moon gold with hand-made finishing tools
Red paper doublures with elements of the cover design
Lidded box covered in red bookcloth
Elements of book design on front of box with title label
Fabric-covered pads on the inside of box to protect protruding elements on book covers