Full dark green goatskin binding with linen-jointed boards. The leather is Chieftain Goatskin in a custom color for this edition by J Hewit & Sons. The binding features leather-jointed endpapers made from a combination of rose pink and ocean green Canson Mi-Teintes papers along with dark green leather for the joints. The doublures are covered in venetian red Canson Mi-Teintes paper. The top edge of the binding is ploughed and sanded flat, with the fore edge and bottom edge of the pages deckled. The head & tail bands are covered in pistachio-colored bull skin by Remy Carriat Tannerie in France, with additional pink goatskin and thread detail.
The front cover of the book has a thinly pared bull-skin onlay applied, illustrating a Rhododendron flower. The Rhododendron is lino-printed in a variety of green, pink, white and burgundy inks. The onlay is embroidered on top of the Rhododendron using a range of colored threads and different embroidery stitches, including; French Knots, seed stitch, running stitch, whipping stitch and couching. The binding has a recessed title label applied to the spine, blocked onto pink Harmatan and Oakridge goatskin.
The edition is housed in a clamshell enclosure with a four-sided base covered in Windsor cloth with trays covered in Dubletta cloth, and lined with marled green wool felt. There is a recessed title label applied to the spine, blocked onto pink goatskin to match the book. The text pages are designed in Monotype Fournier and are printed letterpress on 120 gsm Arches Text Wove mouldmade paper. The edition is handbound by Hannah Brown in the United Kingdom.
