An Elegant Journal or Diary, in Warm Wood and Leather, order Available With or Without Buckle Closure

A beautiful combination of textures, materials and colors: mahogany, leather and metal -- pale gold, tan, and bronze. Sketchbook, diary, journal. It lays very flat, and is available with or without a buckle closure.

This book uses two pieces of thin, strong 3-ply mahogany plywood for the covers. The wood is the natural unstained color, but is protected with three coats of varnish. You can't really see it in the pictures, but light seems to sink into the mahogany in a wonderful way, as you turn the book this way and that. Four bands of a soft tan leather connect front and back covers, and are riveted to the covers with textured bronze leather rivets. The pages are sewn onto the four bands that wrap around the spine. The thread is white 4-ply waxed Irish linen thread. The optional buckle is brass, and the belt and order the buckle are riveted securely to the front and back covers.

NOTE: Leathers and woods vary in texture and color, so the book you receive may look somewhat different from the book in the pictures.

ALSO: If you purchase this book, it may be a bit bigger than the pictures lead you to expect. I have large hands.

SHIPPING: I ship via USPS Priority Mail, which gets things anywhere in the US in typically two to four days. International orders typically take a week to ten days to reach their destination.

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Additional pages can be added to your book: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/246852679/more-pages.

PAGE SIZE: 7 inches wide by 8.5 inches high
NUMBER OF PAGES: 320 pages total.
PAPER: Strathmore 60 lb acid-free drawing paper
GLUE: Hollander's archival PVA book adhesive.
THREAD: Waxed linen thread.
LEATHER: Oil-tanned cowhide.
WOOD: 3-ply mahogany plywood
END-PAPERS: Tan Canson Mi-Tiente pastel paper.
RIVETS: Leather rivets.
OPTIONAL CLOSURE: Brass belt and buckle

PURCHASING:
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