Reproducing a gold stamped, dark brown leather binding designed by Alice Cordelia Morse, Pacifica represents a spirit of grand adventure.
- Paperblank
- Hard Covered
- 144 pages, Lined
- Measures approximately 5"W x 7"H
- Binding: Smyth Sewn
- Closure: Wrap
- Memento Pouch
- Satin ribbon marker
- 100% recycled binder boards
- FSC-certified text paper
- Original Art: Leather binding design by Alice Cordelia Morse
- Era: late 1800's
- Region: England
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.
Morse held 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.
