The Hobbit, Hand sewn and hand bound book, Illustrated by Alan Lee personalized journal The symbols engraved on the

The symbols engraved on the center boards are the 'Great Architect'

<Initials> You're welcome to personalize the book with engraved initials

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and the marbled endpapers are unique

Each piece is made entirely by hand over the course of many days and through multiple meticulous stages

The Hobbit, Hand sewn and hand bound book, Illustrated by Alan Lee personalized journal The symbols engraved on the*Please note that this book is Hand Sewn on five cords and rebound in the traditional method and not simply recovered* Hand sewn and hand bound 'The Hobbit'. I bound my book with high quality hand dyed Italian leather. The book is sturdy to hand down to the next generations because the pages were hand sewn. I did blind tooling decorations onto the book plates and spine. Title and author were gilded with 24K gold. I also added tooled leather bookmark