Really amazing John, congratulations on such a huge undertaking. I can only imagine how proud you are of the success.

What is the price for one of these books?

Excellent video! Love it.

Wow this is amazing! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful process!

This is incredible I've only created 2 books from scratch the entire process was so stressful. Never had to set type by hand though that adds onto the complexity you sir are a brilliant skilled madman! :)

I'm in shock at how awesome this is.

wow dude congrats the outcome is fantastic you must be overjoyed.

What an amazing process

Wonderful! Beautiful, well edited, and very informative!

wonderful, wonderful. rewarding to see that this kind of time and effort and talent can still be put into a project. Thank you. Would you please tell me what kind of material was originally used for the old engravings?

Congratulations, a brave enterprise admirably accomplished!

This was wonderful. I learned so much about the art of bookbinding in less than 8 minutes. Fabulous story telling, good story to tell and well lensed. Thanks so much. Great, great piece.

Your craftsmanship is inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing your story.

Amazing! It's incredible how much effort goes into the binding.

Wow. Stunning!

unreal!

I really loved this.

I am a young Sydney artist who makes small editions of hand crafted storybooks. Often, people don't realise how many little steps are involved in creating each one, or the thought and passion that drives it from concept to the finished product.

There isn't much awareness in Sydney about bookbinding. It is a dying art and I think videos such as this really highlight what a beautiful and intricate process it is.

Amazing story. I've done a little bookbinding myself, but never have I seen such a piece of literary art. Thank you for sharing this.

Big ups!!!

Шикарно!

Fantastic. Nice to see the process explained so elaborately. And good to see that quality handcrafted books are still made.

Absolutely Beautiful.

amazing!

Love it. Thank you for your hard and thorough work!

That was incredibly impressive. You must have incredible patience and focus! There were so many intricate individual processes, did you mess any up?! I could see me getting to the finger indents to help turn the page and my cutter would go ripping through the pages!!

This is an amazing project. I have just made my first artist's book with a colleague and it was a big deal for me, learning how to bind pages, making decisions on what the cover should be, pasting and precisely cutting boards and papers. I am just blown away by this wonderful handmade endeavor and admire not only your book skills, but your documentation of the ten year event. Just beautiful.

wonderful

Mind-blowing. the Underground Library can only hope to emulate your precision in the future.
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That was magnificent. It's really inspiring to see craft taken to such a high level, and the love of fine things that motivates such work. What a great project! Congratulations!