Hand-bound books from Tarpaulin Sky PressTarpaulin Sky Press handbound books include both chapbooks and the handbound editions of full-length works also available in trade paperback editions. All of our hand-made books use only the finest, acid-free, archival-quality materials. Each book is hand-sewn, never stapled—although occasionally we use nuts and bolts:
Poetry Edition of 150 numbered copies. Binding: Hillman 1/4" steel hex bolts, flat washers, and hex nuts Cover & Endpapers: Wausau Astrobright Solar Yellow 65 lb. & 24 lb. Text pages: Wausau 70# text, natural; 30% post-consumer recycled content - Click here to see more images - Click here for more information about G.C. Waldrep and One Way No Exit
Poetry Edition of 150 numbered copies. Cover: 10 pt. digital Binding: Barbour black linen thread - Click here to see more images - Click here for more information about Paul McCormick and The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter
Fiction. 5.375" x 7.25", 96 pages, hardcover with dustjacket Limited edition of 25 numbered copies. Dustjacket is 90# matte finish. Book is half-cloth, with forest green linen bookcloth and 60 # white coverstock over .08" Davey bookboard. Binding is a single signature saddle-stitched to endsheets with black Barbour linen thread and pasted with Yes! paste. Endsheets are Universal seagreen text weight and natural 70# text weight. Interior pages are 70# text weight, natural color; 30% post-consumer recycled content. - Click here to see more images of the handbound edition - Click here for more information about Danielle Dutton and Attempts at a Life
Poetry. 5.375" x 7.25", 96 pages, hardcover with dustjacket. Limited edition of 25 numbered copies. Dustjacket cover design by the author, 90# matte finish. Book is half-cloth with black linen bookcloth and 60 # white coverstock over .08" Davey bookboard. Binding is a single signature saddle-stitched to endsheets with black Barbour linen thread and pasted with Yes! paste. End sheets are black construction and 70# text weight, natural color. Interior pages are 70# text weight, natural color; 30% post-consumer recycled content. - Click here for more information about Max Winter and The Pictures
Poetry. 7" x 8.25", 36 pages Binding is 3-hole pamplet stitch, using Barbour linen thread, white, unwaxed. Cover is lino-cut print on 80# Strathmore textured blue coverstock (10% post-consumer and 40% pre-consumer recycled content). Interior pages are 70# text, natural opaque vellum finish (30% post-consumer recycled content). No adhesives used anywhere in the book. - Click here for more images of the book - Click here for more information about Sandy Florian and 32 Pedals & 47 Stops
Poetry. 5.5" x 7", 32 pages Binding is 3-hole pamplet stitch; Barbour linen thread, black, unwaxed. Cover is 80# Strathmore textured brown coverstock (10% post-consumer and 40% pre-consumer recycled content). French flaps. Interior pages are 70# text, natural opaque vellum finish (30% post-consumer recycled content). No adhesives used anywhere in the book. - Click here to see more images of the book - Click here for more information about Give Up and Andrew Michael Roberts
Poetry. 5.5" x 7.5", 32 pages Binding is 3-hole pamplet stitch; Barbour linen thread, black, unwaxed. Cover is printed acetate over Strathmore Artagain 60# coverstock, storm blue (10% post-consumer and 40% pre-consumer recycled content. French flaps). Interior pages are 70# text, natural opaque vellum finish (30% post-consumer recycled content). No adhesives used anywhere in the book. - Click here to see more images of the book - Click here for more information about Chad Sweeney and A Mirror to Shatter the Hammer
Poetry, fiction, lyric essay. Binding is “noble binding,” one of several forms of traditional Japanese stab-bindings; 100% hemp twine. Cover is Lokta paper handmade in Nepal from the plant Daphne cannabina. End pages are blue cornflower in 100% cotton tissue, handmade in India. Interior pages are 60# text; natural opaque vellum finish. Title insert is slit into cover. No adhesives used in the book. - Click here to see more images of the book
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G.C. Waldrep
Paul McCormick
Attempts at a Life
The Pictures
