Get ready to follow your creative train of thought with Pacifica! Reproducing a gold stamped, dark brown leather binding designed by Alice Cordelia Morse, Pacifica represents a spirit of grand adventure. The original binding was crafted to hold William Seward Webb’s California and Alaska and Over the Canadian Pacific Railway, a well-regarded travelogue first published in 1890. This exquisite edition was produced as a deluxe gift book and was limited to only 500 copies. The copy reproduced here is now held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library in New York City. As an artist, Morse maintained the belief that the book designer must take the central idea of the book and creatively depict it on the cover. For this binding, one can imagine her creating train tracks crisscrossing a map, or perhaps even the spokes of a compass, in the gold stamping she patterned. Travel is said to broaden the mind, so it is our hope that our Iron Horse design will inspire your creativity and expression through not just the beauty of the binding, but the unique story behind it.
Format:
Grande
Size:
Width: 205mm (8") x Height: 300mm (11¾") x Depth: 15mm (½")
Interior:
Unlined
Page Count:
128Pages
Closure:
Elastic Band
Colour:
Brown
GSM (paper weight):
120
Binding Type:
Smyth Sewn
Cover:
Hardcover
Edge Printing:
Yes
Pouch Type:
Memento Pouch
Interior Paper:
Custom-designed laid paper
Ribbon Markers:
2
100% recycled binder boards
Decorative printed cover paper
FSC-certified text paper
Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
Acid-free sustainable forest paper