Upcycled retailer Vintage Journal

Upcycled Vintage Journal

Measures:
7 1/2" height
5" width
1 1/8" depth

I just rescued this wonderful vintage book from a local book fair!
Original Vintage Cover Boards - "Child-Library Reader : Book Six"
Not a reprint!

The interior cover pages have been removed - the boards have been sanded down to the original book board - and the pages replaced with a light green colored paper. (The original interior covers were aged and worn). The boards have been hand cut and hand sanded. The book board edges have been hand painted to match the cover and retailer sealed.

Interior:
Strathmore Cream Colored Drawing Paper - 80 lb
Hand cut and hand folded.

86 pages
172 pages (counting both sides)

The first and last interior page is a light green colored Canson paper. The signatures (groups of paper) each have small light green spacers (1/2") - to create the green color on the spine.

The journal has been hand sewn with mustard yellow colored linen thread - using a french link stitch - onto dark olive green leather straps. The board underneath the leather straps has been carved away and the leather has been adhered to the cover and stitched with an "x" in matching linen thread.

Please note: This cover shows slight signs of wear from its previous life. This feature only enhances the recycled and vintage nature of this journal.