“Poe’s Phantasia & The Raven”

Leather bookbinding

Book Title: Poe’s Phantasia & The Raven

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Illustrator: Natalie Frank

Publisher: The Arion Press

Artist’ Bound Edition:

Goatskin black leather case binding.

Front Cover:  Door illusion created with carved, dyed wood veneer, antique brass keyhole hardware, and a custom hand-stamped and engraved metal tag.

Back Cover:  Deceptive cracked brick wall constructed with leather laid over book board, with inserted prosthetic eye with false eyelashes.  Red blood crack painted with red enamel.

Completed May, 2023

Edition published by The Arion Press, 2022.

In sheets #51 of the edition.

Signed by the artist.

12 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1"

32 x 23 x 3 cm

Exhibited

HBC51: The Hand Bookbinders of California Annual Members’ Exhibition