We took the next step forward with the Larding project tonight, choosing the bookcloth we will use for the edition. The deluxe edition (20 copies) will have charcoal gray paper and very pale green (almost gray) textured cloth-covered boards. The presentation copies (3 copies) will have grass-green paper and natural cloth-covered boards. (The green cloth is Japanese Asahi, and the natural cloth is 50% cotton/50% linen Cotlin.)
The cloth should be here in about a week, and then we can get to work covering the boards, which will be the last of the pre-work that we can do before we have to start working on the text.
Bookcloth samples (from swatch books)