I believe that engaging with the larger community of book artists and craftspeople is an important—and arguably essential—part of being a book collector. I enjoy occasionally commissioning custom bindings for my books. This copy of Hallock’s…
Harris’s The Fishes of North America That Are Captured on Hook and Line (1898) was not limited to freshwater fishes. This attractive plate illustrates the colourful “California Redfish or Fat-Head” which was caught and painted off Catalina…