Samples of Completed Projects
Handcrafted, custom clam-shell boxes (also known as drop-spine, or Solander, boxes) built to house and protect your valuable books, manuscripts, maps, family records, photographs, fine art prints, etc.
Cases are constructed of heavy duty, archival quality art and/or book-binder's board, then covered with paper, or cloth, in colors that will complement the items.
Prices for clam-shell boxes start at $90.00, plus shipping.
It is recommended, but not mandatory, that you send the book to us for proper measurement.
To obtain a cost estimate, measurements accurate to 1/2-inch are sufficient.
For actual construction, measurements accurate to within 1/16-inch are necessary.
For further details, just send an EMail message by using the link at the bottom of this page.
You may also supply your own covering material, if you wish. Write for details on what materials can be used.
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Please note that our standard clam-shell configuration, while it provides additional support for the book, will not allow the book to be displayed open while in the clam-shell box. If you wish for us to build the clam-shell box without the extra support pieces, just let us know at the time you place your order.
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This is a very customized clam-shell box: Front cover cut-outs, cloth covering with contrasting 'spine' cloth, for a large, heavy book - this clam-shell box
was priced at $100.00.
Another custom clam-shell box; Framed photo on front panel, internal photos, quotation engraved on brass plate (above photos) -
this clam-shell box was priced at $125.00. The book is 'To Be or Not to Be'; the pictorial biography of Amitabh Bachchan, by Khalid Mohamed, ISBN: 8190151703.
The book is approx. 11 x 14 inches, and weighs almost 7 pounds. Weight of book and clam-shell box, together, is a little over 9 pounds.
This clam-shell box is designed to hold a small two-volume set on the right side, with a larger companion volume on the left side.
Clam-shell box built for 'Greendale' by Neil Young, illustrated by James Mazzeo, Sanctuary, London, 2004,
ISBN: 1860746497.
Covering fabric chosen to complement the green cloth on the book covers.
Clam-shell boxes built for First Editions of 'The Natural' by Bernard Malamud and 'Slaughterhouse-Five' by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Covering fabric chosen to complement the book covers. Photos courtesy of the owner.
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