Natalie Goldberg's " Into This World ". Woodblock illustrations by Clare Dunne. Printed by Sialia Rieke, copy # 37 / 50, 2011.
This beautiful spiritual book is bound in full yellow chagrin leather in French technique. Decorated with various coloured/textured leather onlays. Tooling in foil and 18k gold. Handsewn silk headbands in brown, yellow and green. Inside marbled endpaper by the binder as well. Cork gold flyleaves. Housed in a pull apart solander case in Danish millimeter style, covered with German linen and edged with grey leather. The book measures 8" x 5 1/2" close.