When my coworker asked me to combine these four volumes of D&D into one volume, I tried to talk him out of it. A huge, Family-Bible-sized book is really impractical for most purposes—heavy, bulky, awkward to handle. But he was perfectly comfortable with that and truly wanted an ancient-looking, massive tome. It seems that massive tomes are becoming my specialty.
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| Cotton flannel back liner over raised bands, with black linen endband strip. |
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| The marbled text block support will prevent the heavy text block from sagging. |
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| I cut out the section for the chain holder. |
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| Perfect paper, wrong color, so I dyed it with leather dye. And added many coats of decoupage so the dye won't come off on hands (or turn green if it gets wet). |
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| Sunken cords. |
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| I tried many dye combinations. |
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| Printed marbled endpapers with linen hinges, sewn in. |
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| The finished book, with clasp. |
