Samples of Completed Projects
Handcrafted, custom slip-cases 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.
A 'thumb-hole' is built, standard, into every slip-case to aid in removing the book from the case -- slip-cases can be constructed without the thumb-hole if so desired.
Prices for slip-cases start at just $40.00 (un-lined); $50.00 (soft-lining), 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.
Please scroll down for photos of past projects.
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Click here for information on how to measure a book for ordering a book-box.
The slip-cases pictured above are 'standard' with art paper covering, integral 'thumb-hole'.
Slip-case built for a First, signed, numbered, edition of 'The Ghostway' by Tony Hillerman. Panel material chosen to complement reds and oranges on the dustjacket -
edge trim material to complement the blues, purples, and greens of the jacket.
Slip-case built for 'Painting Indiana : Portraits of Indiana's 92 Counties', edited by Anne Bryan Carter, Quarry Books, Bloomington, 2005, ISBN: 0253336929. Covering fabric chosen to complement
the colors and brush strokes of the front cover illustration.
Slip-case built for Hermann Hesse's first book to be translated into English, 'In Sight of Chaos', 1923, 64 pages.
Batik covering. A very slim slip-case, ribbon was added to aid in removing book from case.
Slip-cases with two styles of marbled paper covering.
Slip-case built for 'K2 : The Price of Conquest', by Lino Lacedelli & Giovanni Cenacchi, The Mountaineers Books, Seattle, 2006, ISBN: 0953863131. Ribbon added, at customer request, to aid in removing book from case. Custom engraved plate, provided by customer,
in front panel of the box for a shadow-box effect.
Second photo courtesy of dealer who ordered this slip-case.
Slip-case built for 'Under the Dome', by Stephen King, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2009, ISBN: 9781439173879.
A custom slipcase addressing the problems inherent in such a thick book where weak hinges develop from the text
block sagging has been designed and constructed and now houses the book safely. This custom slipcase contains an
ivory satin-covered text block support block (very smooth, so the lower page edges can slide across it safely
without snagging and yet rest on it while the book is in the case) with grooves on each side for the lower edges
of the book's binding and lower spine edge, with the whole inside of the slipcase lined in the same ivory colored
satin to prevent any rubbing or color transfer to the page edges. There is also a thumb-hole in the enclosed back
end of the case so no vacuum lock is created when inserting or removing the book from the case (always a problem with
very thick books). The cards, which are part of the limited edition, are now housed in a separate small slipcase built onto the top of the book's slipcase - which has
both a silver ribbon pull for removing them easily and also a silver ribbon with velcro fastener at the open end to keep
them safely in their compartment
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