Fine Bindings - Hannah Brown Bookbinding

I have been producing bespoke fine bindings since 2006. Each book is unique and created from scratch using a combination of traditional bookbinding skills, fine embroidery and other textural elements. A selection of my recent work is below, and I am available for commissions.

A Dream of Wings

Author:: Tom D. Crouch
Publisher:: The Black Cat Press, Skokie, Illinois, USA, 1984
Book dimensions:: H 55 x W 61 x D 13mm
Box dimensions:: H 115 x W 95 x D 30mm
Sample board:: #79
Date bound:: 2026
Provenance:: Collection of Neale Albert, USA

The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare

Author:: Wiliiam Shakespeare
Illustrator:: Charles Robinson
Publisher:: Duckworth and Co, Covent Garden, London, circa 1915
Book dimensions:: H 252 x W 210 x D 53mm
Box dimensions:: H 330 x W 300 x D 82mm
Sample board:: #78
Date bound:: 2026
Provenance:: Collection of Neale Albert, USA

La Vita Nuova Di Dante

Author:: Dante Alighieri
Publisher:: The Ashendene Press, 1895 (copy 18 of 45 printed on Japanese vellum)
Book dimensions:: H 198 x W 160 x D 25mm
Box dimensions:: H 270 x W 235 x D 51mm
Sample board:: #80
Date bound:: 2026
Provenance:: Private Collection of Sophie Schneideman, UK

Shakespeare’s Rainbow

Author:: Deb Rindl
Illustrator:: Deb Rindl
Publisher:: the Author, 2000
Book dimensions:: H 85 x W 65 x D 15mm
Box dimensions:: H 88 x W 65 x D 18mm
Sample board:: #77
Date bound:: 2025
Provenance:: Collection of Neale Albert, USA

The Rest of Our Lives

Author:: Ben Markovits
Publisher:: Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 2025
Book dimensions:: H 221 x W 147 x D 35mm
Box dimensions:: H 250 x W 177 x D 61mm
Sample board:: #76
Date bound:: 2025
Provenance:: Collection of The Author

English Embroidered Bookbindings

Author:: Cyril Davenport
Publisher:: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1899
Book dimensions:: H 220 x W 185 x D 40mm
Box dimensions:: H 316 x W 290 x D 70mm
Sample board:: #75
Date bound:: 2025
Provenance:: Collection of John Hodgson, UK

Ernest Gimson: His Life and Work

Author:: W.R. Lethaby
Publisher:: Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford on Avon, UK, 1924 - First Edition, Copy 234 of 550
Book dimensions:: H 310 x W 240 x D 30mm
Box dimensions:: H 359 x W 299 x D 72mm
Sample board:: #71
Date bound:: 2024
Provenance:: Collection of Stuart Southall, UK

Venice

Author:: Barbara Dorf
Illustrator:: Barbara Dorf
Book dimensions:: H 72 x W 84 x D 23mm
Box dimensions:: H 235 x W 147 x D 78mm
Sample board:: #70
Date bound:: 2024
Provenance:: Private Collection of Neale M. Albert, USA

Walking Round Cambridge with William Blake

Author:: William Blake
Illustrator:: Rose Harries
Publisher:: Incline Press, Oldham, UK, Undated
Book dimensions:: H 270 x W 217 x D 21mm
Box dimensions:: H 301 x W 245 x D 51mm
Sample board:: #74
Date bound:: 2024
Provenance:: Private Collection, USA

Friendship (The Miniature Series)

Author:: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher:: Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, circa 1900
Book dimensions:: H 92 x W 75 x D 18mm
Box dimensions:: H 50 x W 120 x D 120 mm
Sample board:: #73
Date bound:: 2024
Provenance:: Collection of Neale M. Albert, New York, USA

In Principio

Author:: The First Chapter of Genesis
Publisher:: The Doves Press, London, 1911
Book dimensions:: H 178 x W 130 x D 15mm
Box dimensions:: H 241 x W 201 x D 36mm
Sample board:: #67
Date bound:: 2024
Provenance:: Private Collection of Sophie Schneideman, UK

Bokeh: A Little Book of Flowers

Author:: Gaylord Schanilec
Illustrator:: Gaylord Schanilec
Publisher:: Midnight Paper Sales, Wisconsin, USA, 2020 (Copy 87 of 120)
Book dimensions:: H 215 x W 158 x D 21mm
Box dimensions:: H 272 x W 220 x D 87mm
Sample board:: #68
Date bound:: 2023
Provenance:: Collection of Neale M. Albert, New York, USA

Land of the Inca

Author:: Carol Cunningham
Publisher:: Sunflower Press, California, USA, 1985 (copy 15 of 85)
Book dimensions:: H 65 x W 90 x D 19mm
Box dimensions:: H 120 x W 120 x D 40mm
Sample board:: #66
Date bound:: 2023

Matilda

Author:: Roald Dahl
Illustrator:: Quentin Blake
Publisher:: Jonathan Cape, London, 1988
Book dimensions:: H 239 x W 160 x D 45mm
Box dimensions:: H 520 x W 264 x D 85mm
Sample board:: #64
Date bound:: 2023
Provenance:: Private Collection, UK

Winter’s Tale

Author:: Kitty Maryatt
Illustrator:: Photographs by Neale M. Albert
Publisher:: Piccolo Press, New York, USA, 2020
Book dimensions:: H 83 x W 83 x D 33mm
Box dimensions:: H 240 x W 140 x D 140mm
Sample board:: #63
Date bound:: 2022
Provenance:: Collection of Neale M. Albert, New York, USA

Giacomo Joyce

Author:: James Joyce
Illustrator:: Susan Weil
Publisher:: incent Fitz Gerald and Co, New York, USA, 1989
Book dimensions:: H 350 x W 250 x D 40mm
Box dimensions:: H 370 x W 270 x D 55 mm
Sample board:: #65
Date bound:: 2022

Monograph of the Meropidæ

Author:: Henry Eeles Dresser
Illustrator:: J.G. Keulemans
Publisher:: The Author, London, 1884-1886
Book dimensions:: H 380 x W 300 x D 45mm
Box dimensions:: H 482 x W 412 x D 77mm
Sample board:: #61
Date bound:: 2022
Provenance:: Private Collection of The Athenæum, London

British Wild Flowers

Author:: W. J. Stokoe
Illustrator:: John E. Sowerby
Publisher:: Frederick Warne, London, 1937 (First Edition)
Book dimensions:: H 147 x W 110 x D 34mm
Box dimensions:: H 164 x W 130 x D 60mm
Sample board:: #60
Date bound:: 2022
Provenance:: Collection of Neale Albert, New York, USA

Patience

Author:: E. Helene Sherman
Illustrator:: E. Helene Sherman
Book dimensions:: H 55 x W 55 x D 16mm
Box dimensions:: H 80 x W 80 x D 25mm
Sample board:: #59
Date bound:: 2021
Provenance:: Private Collection, USA

Guards! Guards!

Author:: Terry Pratchett
Publisher:: Gollancz, London, 1989 (First Edition)
Book dimensions:: H 220 x W 150 x D 35mm
Box dimensions:: H 241 x W 175 x D 55mm
Sample board:: #58
Date bound:: 2021
Provenance:: Collection of Anthony Davis, UK

The Grasses of Great Britain

Author:: Charles Johnson
Illustrator:: John E. Sowerby
Publisher:: Robert Hardwicke, London, c.1861
Book dimensions:: H 232 x W 157 x D 51mm
Box dimensions:: H 252 x W 177 x D 71mm
Sample board:: #57
Date bound:: 2021
Provenance:: Distinguished Winner in the 2022 Designer Bookbinders International Competition

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Author:: Audrey Niffenegger
Publisher:: MacAdam/Cage, San Francisco, USA, 2003
Book dimensions:: H 236 x W 175 x D 55mm
Box dimensions:: H 265 x W 207 x D 87mm
Sample board:: #56
Date bound:: 2020
Provenance:: Private Collection, UK

La Charrue D’Érable (The Maplewood Plough)

Author:: Camille Pissarro and Emile Moselly
Publisher:: Eragny Press for Le Livre Contemporain, London, 1913
Book dimensions:: H 217 x W 159 x D 21mm
Box dimensions:: H 241 x W 175 x D 55mm
Sample board:: #55
Date bound:: 2020
Provenance:: Private Collection, France

La Prose Du Transsibérien

Author:: Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay
Illustrator:: Kitty Maryatt
Publisher:: Two Hands Press, California, 2018
Book dimensions:: H 372 x W 110 x D 21 mm
Box dimensions:: H 400 x W 130 x D 40mm
Sample board:: #54
Date bound:: 2019
Provenance:: Collection of Neale Albert, USA

Bridges on the Backs

Author:: Peter Eden (Introduction)
Illustrator:: David Gentleman
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press, 1961 (First edition)
Book dimensions:: H 200 x W 270 x D 20mm
Box dimensions:: H 241 x W 300 x D 55mm
Sample board:: #53
Date bound:: 2019
Provenance:: Collection of Stuart Southall, UK

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Illustrator:: Illustrated by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Publisher:: William Morris at his Kelmscott Press, 1896
Book dimensions:: H 440 x W 310 x D 75 mm
Box dimensions:: H 520 x W 350 x D 120 mm
Sample board:: #49
Date bound:: 2017
Provenance:: Private Collection, Canada

Knotting

Author:: “Gilcraft” (Books for Scouting)
Publisher:: Morrison and Gibb Ltd, London and Edinburgh, 1942
Book dimensions:: H 150 x W 100 x D 15mm
Box dimensions:: H 170 x W 120 x D 35mm
Sample board:: #52
Date bound:: 2019
Provenance:: Private Collection, USA