The Collected Stories of Nikolai Gogol
- By Nikolai Gogol
- Introduced by Philip Hensher
- Illustrated by Peter Stuart
- Translated by Constance Garnett
- The Folio Society, 2009
- Book: 235mm x 165mm x 53mm
- Box: 260mm x 187mm x 85mm
- Bound in 2010
- Private Collection, UK
- WINNER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE JOHN RYLANDS PRIZE FOR FINISHING IN THE 2010 DESIGNER BOOKBINDERS ANNUAL COMPETITION
Dark blue goatskin with miscellaneous leather inlays in red and turquoise
Hand-sewn outlines of onion domes and detail on them in red and turquoise thread
Various hand-sewn crosses in metallic gold thread
Two hand-pierced frosted acrylic domes with sewn detail, attached through the covers with brass wire
Six, hand-pierced and gold-plated brass elements attached through the boards
Miscellaneous blind and gold tooling all over the binding using hand-made finishing tools
Dark blue paper doublures with foil-tooled stars scattered all over
Hole-punched and foil-tooled endpapers running into the book
Oak box with lift-off lid
Box mitred and routed with frosted acrylic sheet inset into both top and bottom
Hand-pierced and sewn domes and other detail on both sides
Title of book sewn through sheet acrylic on front
Two hand-pierced and gold plated brass elements attached through acrylic
Foil-tooled dark blue paper backing behind acrylic on front and back
Padded interior lined in dark blue fabric with a wide grey ribbon to enable the book to be lifted out
