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New F. Scott Fitzgerald Set

Posted on 07. May, 2013 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Press and News

I’ve been thinking about creating an F. Scott Fitzgerald set for some time now but I guess it took Baz Lurhrman and Leonardo DiCaprio impending film release to get me to set a deadline to launch our set.  The Great Gatsby is about to hit the theaters, our book set is ready to hit your shelves.

The original jacket for The Great Gatsby was designed by Francis Cugat.  We tweaked it a little bit so that when you push all 5 of the books in the set together it makes up one design based on the original.  The books in the set are all brand and published by our friends at Simon & Schuster – thank you for keeping these treasured American classics in print!!!

And many thanks to Harper’s Bazaar for their story published today about this book set!  Books are fashionable!

- Thatcher

Buy our new F. Scott Fitzgerald Set based on The Great Gatsby design here.

Real Simple Magazine Custom Penguin Set

Posted on 07. Jan, 2013 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Press and News

We are thrilled to be in the current issue of Real Simple Magazine in the “Gifts for Readers” section.

Real Simple January 2013 in Airport Newstand

If you are looking for that product please CLICK HERE.  The idea is simple – the Penguin Classics series features 32 true classics in decorative hardcover bindings designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.  We stock them all and we will make you a custom set of 10 books that you pick from the list of 32.

You can pick out your titles on the product page in our online store, or you can call or e-mail us with your order and any questions.

1. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
2. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
3. Emma by Jane Austen
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
6. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
7. Persuasion by Jane Austen
8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
9. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
10. 1001 Arabian Nights by Richard Burton (note this book is taller than the others)
11. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
12. Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
13. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
14. Dante’s Inferno
15. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
16. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
17. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
18. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
19. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
20. Hard Times by Charles Dickens
21. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
22. Middlemarch by George Eliot
23. Cranford by Elizabeth  Gaskell
24. Tess of the D’Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy
25. The Odyssey by Homer
26. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
27. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by DH Lawrence
28. The Sonnets and a Lovers Complaint by William Shakespeare
29. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
30. Dracula by Bram Stoker
31. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
32. The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde

Full Set of 32 Penguin Classics

This set makes a fantastic timeless addition to any shelf.  It is also a great birthday gift, Valentine’s Day gift, wedding gift, or a gift for just about occasion.  Starting with 10 books is a great way to go, then you (or the gift recipient) can always contact us in the future to expand the collection.

Happy New Year,

Thatcher

thatcher@juniperbooks.com

303-946-1494

Tags: custom book collections

Last Minute Holiday Shopping?

Posted on 20. Dec, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Ideas and Advice

If you are looking for unique book gifts this holiday season there is still time to place your order!  We are shipping daily for all products that are in stock.  Today is December 20th and in order to receive your books by Christmas we recommend requesting Fedex 2 day if you place your order today, Overnight Fedex if you order on December 21st.

Of course you are also welcome to order by Fedex Ground/Home Delivery and print out the product page from our website showing what gift you have purchased then the books will arrive after Christmas.

We always have a great inventory of the  book sets that is ready to ship. Some of our most popular items include:

All of our Penguin Collections.  A recent popular item has been our custom set of 10 Penguin Classics featured in Real Simple Magazine.  Perhaps the ultimate decorative set of literary classics is our Penguin 30 Set.

Penguin Classics Set of 20

Looking for a set of gift books for a child?  Our Puffin 10 Set is one of our best sellers and we put it on sale to help offset last minute shipping costs.  For older readers, our Harry Potter sets are fun and unique – choose your favorite “house” by buying the Gryffindor, Ravenclaw or Slytherin Edition!

Our Cookbook Sets have been very popular this holiday season.  Blue, Red and Green are all ready to ship as well as our Italian and French Cookbook sets.

Our Author Collections are also ready to ship as well.  Our Pink Jane Austen has been one of our best sellers, followed by Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and William Faulkner.

So, there is something for everyone and lots more unique book sets to come in 2013!

Note that all of our personalized products, white they do make amazing gifts, do take longer to design and print and therefore at this point will not ship until January.

Happy holidays,

Thatcher

thatcher@juniperbooks.com

303-946-1494

Tags: creative ideas, custom printed book jackets, decorative books

Just in Time for the Holidays

Posted on 06. Dec, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Recent Projects

Happy Holidays to everyone.  Hanukkah starts this weekend and the countdown to Christmas is well under way.  I love the holidays and I think books go very well with the holiday spirit.  This time of year I help a lot of clients with book gifts – personally I think books are the best gift you can get anyone, any age, hands down – I’ll debate anyone in the world on this (and I’ll write a separate post about why I believe it to be true.)

This time of year I like to get creative with books in a variety of ways.  First – I like to come up with interesting ways to wrap books.  Secondly I like to make things out of books like a Menorah or a Christmas Tree in the holiday spirit.  And third, I like to roll out a whole bunch of new book sets that you can give as gifts.  So here are our new introductions:

1. The third in our series of Harry Potter book sets is our Slytherin Edition.  The idea behind our Harry Potter book sets is to give fans of the series a personalized way to own the books that is different from the edition that “everyone else has”  So if you Harry Potter is your favorite, Gryffindor may be for you – Gryffindor values courage, bravery, nerve and chivalry.  Ravenclaw values intelligence, creativity, learning, and wit.  Slytherin house values ambition, cunning, leadership, and resourcefulness – if you identify with Voldemort, this edition is for you.

Harry Potter Slytherin Set in Official Trunk

2. Penguin Classics Variations.  OK, we could write a book about all the different ways we sell the Penguin Classics so we’ll just have to make a list to simplify it for now.  To date, our most popular options have been our Custom Set of 10 Penguins (you pick the titles from a list of 32 available options – this option is featured in the current issue of Real Simple Magazine), plus our Penguin 10, Penguin 20 and Penguin 30.  Just in time for the holidays this year we also have made the following products available for sale:

• Charles Dickens Set
• Jane Austen Set
• Penguin 5
• Penguin 5 – Group B
• Penguin 5 – Group C
• Penguin 5 – Group D
• Penguin 10 – Group B
• Penguin 10 – Group C
• Penguin 20 – Group B

20 Penguin Classic Hardcover Books

3. Italian Cookbooks: 5 Classic cookbooks that we wrapped in custom book jackets in the colors of the Italian Flag.  A great gift for cooks. Includes classics such as The Silver Spoon published by Phaidon.

Brand New Custom Designed Italian Cookbook Set

4. French Cookbooks: 5 Classic French cookbooks in the colors of the French Flag. Features Julia Child, Escoffier and more!

Custom French Cookbook Set

5. Blue Literary Classics: Our Red Literary Classics set has been a hit, so we have introduced a second set with a different group of literary classics.  The books are published by Everyman’s Library.  Soon to be sold by Anthropologie!

Brand New Literary Classics Set from Juniper Books

6. Mark Twain Set – inspired by the cover of the original edition of Huckleberry Finn.  Published by Library of America.

Mark Twain Custom Book Set

7. John Steinbeck Set.  Also published by Library of America.  In jackets inspired by the artwork for the first edition of The Grapes of Wrath.

Juniper Books John Steinbeck Set

8. William Faulkner.  Another fine set of books published by Library of America in jackets we designed using the first edition of Light of August as our inspiration.

William Faulkner – Juniper Books Set

I hope you enjoy the book sets we offer as much as we enjoy creating them!

Happy holidays!

Thatcher

Tags: custom book covers

Free Shipping on all orders

Posted on 26. Nov, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Press and News

Happy holidays!  Starting today we are offering free shipping on all website orders between now and December 20th.

The offer applies to all domestic orders shipped by Ground (Fedex Ground or Home Delivery)

Please visit our online store and feel free to ask questions if you don’t find what you are looking for.

Puffin Classics Children’s Book Set

Franklin Press Pulitzer Prize Winners

Posted on 07. Nov, 2012 by Bob in Blog, Book Styles

The Franklin Library was one of the largest and most sought-after publishers of fine leather-bound books from 1973 until their permanent closure in 2000.  The Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series was a limited edition series of the 53 Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Novels from the first in 1918 through 1979. The series was published from 1975 to 1980. Due to their extremely Limited Edition nature, they are highly sought after as collectibles.

These photos represent some of the Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series volumes as well as other winners of Pulitzer Prizes (i.e. Biography, History etc.) not in the official series that we have in stock or have previously procured for clients. We have posted the full list of titles in this limited series after the photos at the bottom of this page.

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Among our many specialties, Juniper Books is one of the largest buyers and sellers of fine leather-bound books from publishers like Franklin Library and Easton Press in the world.  We buy and sell nearly all of these beautiful leather bound volumes privately, so it is best to communicate with us directly about selling your collection or buying these books from us.  Our inventory changes rapidly yet we keep “want lists” for customers and we have helped our clients build their collections over years.

Modern leather-bound books make marvelous gifts and we have more experience than anyone in assisting our clients with selection and sourcing; from a single book to a curated collection of thousands. And, as these books are collectibles that appreciate in value over time, we are also very experienced in evaluating and appraising these volumes and we quite often advise clients on appropriate prices to pay for these books as many times they are overpriced in certain venues.

NB: We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography. Please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

The following is a list of the 53 volumes (listed by year Prize was won) in the Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series published from 1975 to 1980.

• 1918 His Family by Ernest Poole
• 1919 The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkingon
• 1921 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
• 1922 Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
• 1923 One of Ours by Willa Cather
• 1924 The Able McLaughlins Margaret Wilson
• 1925 So Big by Edna Ferber
• 1926 Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
• 1927 Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
• 1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
• 1929 Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
• 1930 Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge
• 1931 Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
• 1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
• 1933 The Store by T.S. Stribling
• 1934 Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
• 1935 Now in November by Josephine Johnson
• 1936 Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis
• 1937 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• 1938 The Late George Apley by John Marquand
• 1939 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
• 1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• 1942 In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
• 1943 Dragon’s Teeth by Upton Sinclair
• 1944 Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin
• 1945 A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
• 1947 All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
• 1948 Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
• 1949 Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
• 1950 The Way West by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
• 1951 The Town by Conrad Richter
• 1952 The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
• 1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• 1955 A Fable by William Faulkner
• 1956 Andersonville by Mackinlay Kantor
• 1958 A Death in the Family by James Agee
• 1959 The Travels of Jaime Mcpheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor
• 1960 Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
• 1961 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• 1962 The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O’Connor
• 1963 The Reivers by William Faulkner
• 1965 The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
• 1966 Collected Stories by Katherine Ann Porter
• 1967 The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
• 1968 The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
• 1969 House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
• 1970 Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
• 1972 Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
• 1973 The Optimists Daughter by Eudora Welty
• 1975 The Killer Angels by Michael Sharra
• 1976 Humboldt’s Gift by Saul Bellow
• 1978 Elbow Room by James Alan Mcpherson
• 1979 The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever

Tags: decorating leather books, decorative leather books, franklin library, leather bound classics, leatherbound

Franklin Library Masterpieces of American Literature Series

Posted on 07. Nov, 2012 by Bob in Blog, Book Styles

The Franklin Library was one of the largest and most sought-after publishers of fine leather-bound books from 1973 until their permanent closure in 2000.  The Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature Series was produced between 1976 and 1984 and included 100 volumes bound in full leather with 22K gold leaf imprinting and sewn-in bookmarks.

These photos represent some of the Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature Series volumes we have in stock or have previously procured for clients. The complete Series list is included at the bottom of this page.

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Among our many specialties, Juniper Books is one of the largest buyers and sellers of fine leather-bound books from publishers like Franklin Library and Easton Press in the world.  We buy and sell nearly all of these beautiful leather bound volumes privately, so it is best to communicate with us directly about selling your collection or buying these books from us.  Our inventory changes rapidly yet we keep “want lists” for customers and we have helped our clients build their collections over years.

Modern leather-bound books make marvelous gifts and we have more experience than anyone in assisting our clients with selection and sourcing; from a single book to a curated collection of thousands. And, as these books are collectibles that appreciate in value over time, we are also very experienced in evaluating and appraising these volumes and we quite often advise clients on appropriate prices to pay for these books as many times they are overpriced in certain venues.

NB: We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

The complete Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature Series includes:

Adams, Henry  ~  The Education of Henry Adams
Addams, Jane  ~  Twenty Years at Hull-House
Alcott, Louisa May  ~  Little Women
Anderson, Sherwood  ~  Winesburg, Ohio
Auden, W.H.  ~  The Collected Poems
Baldwin, James  ~  Go Tell It on the Mountain
Bellow, Saul  ~  Humboldt’s Gift
Benet, Stephen Vincent  ~  John Brown’s Body
Bierce, Ambrose  ~  The Devil’s Dictionary
Bradford, William  ~  Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647
Brooks, Van Wyck  ~  The Flowering of New England 1815-1865
Cather, Willa  ~  My Antonia
Cooper, James Fenimore  ~  The DeerSlayer
Cooper, James Fenimore  ~  The Last of the Mohicans
Crane, Stephen  ~  The Collected Stories
Crane, Stephen  ~  The Red Badge of Courage
Cummings, E.E.  ~  The Collected Poems
Dana, Richard Henry  ~  Two Years Before the Mast
de Crevecoeur, J. Hector St. John  ~  Letters from an American Farmer
DeVoto, Bernard  ~  The Journals of Lewis and Clark
Dickinson, Emily  ~  Final Harvest
Dreiser, Theodore  ~  An American Tragedy
Edwards, Jonathan  ~  Freedom of the Will
Eliot, T.S.  ~  The Collected Poems (1909–1962)
Ellison, Ralph  ~  Invisible Man
Emerson, Ralph Waldo  ~  The Essays
Emerson, Ralph Waldo  ~  The Poems
Faulkner, William  ~  Absalom, Absalom!
Faulkner, William  ~  The Sound and the Fury
Fitzgerald, F. Scott  ~  The Great Gatsby
Franklin, Benjamin  ~  Poor Richard’s Almanack for 1733-1758
Franklin, Benjamin  ~  The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Frost, Robert  ~  The Poetry of Robert Frost
Hamilton, Madison and Jay  ~  The Federalist
Harris, Joel Chandler  ~  Uncle Remus
Hawthorne, Nathaniel  ~  The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne, Nathaniel  ~  The Selected Tales
Hellman, Lillian  ~  Six Plays
Hemingway, Ernest  ~  A Farewell to Arms
Hemingway, Ernest  ~  The First Forty-Nine Stories
Hemingway, Ernest  ~  The Sun Also Rises
Howells, William Dean  ~  The Rise of Silas Lapham
Irving, Washington  ~  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
James, Henry  ~  The Ambassadors
James, Henry  ~  The Selected Tales
James, William  ~  Pragmatism
James, William  ~  Psychology
Jefferson, Thomas  ~  The Life and Selected Writings
Jewett, Sarah Orne  ~  The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
Lardner, Ring  ~  Round Up, The Stories of Ring Lardner
Lewis, Sinclair  ~  Main Street
London, Jack  ~  The Call of the Wild
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth  ~  The Collected Poems
Masters, Edgar Lee  ~  Spoon River Anthology
Melville, Herman  ~  Typee
Melville, Herman  ~  Billy Budd, Sailor & The Piazza Tales
Melville, Herman  ~  Moby-Dick
Mencken, H. L.  ~  A Mencken Chrestomathy
Miller, Arthur  ~  The Plays
Moore, Marianne  ~  The Collected Poems
Morison, Samuel Eliot  ~  Admiral of the Ocean Sea, A Life of Christopher Columbus
Mumford, Lewis  ~  Interpretations and Forecasts: 1922-1972
Nabokov, Vladimir  ~  Lolita
Norris, Frank  ~  McTeague
O’Connor, Flannery  ~  The Complete Stories
O’Neill, Eugene  ~  Four Plays
Paine, Thomas  ~  Common Sense, The American Crisis and The Age of Reason
Parkman, Francis  ~  The Oregon Trail
Passos, John Dos  ~  Nineteen-Nineteen (1919)
Poe, Edgar Allen  ~  Collected Poems and Essays on Poetry
Poe, Edgar Allen  ~  Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories
Porter, Katherine Anne  ~  Collected Stories
Pound, Ezra  ~  Personae – A Draft of 30 Cantos
Robinson, Edwin Arlington  ~  Selected Poems
Sandburg, Carl  ~  Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years
Steinbeck, John  ~  The Grapes of Wrath
Stevens, Wallace  ~  The Collected Poems
Stowe, Harriet Beecher  ~  Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Thoreau, Henry D.  ~  A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Thoreau, Henry D.   ~  Walden
Thurber, James  ~  The Thurber Carnival
Turner, Frederick Jackson  ~  The Frontier in American History
Twain, Mark  ~  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark  ~  Life on the Mississippi
Twain, Mark  ~  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Veblen, Thorstein  ~  The Theory of the Leisure Class
Warren, Robert Penn  ~  All the King’s Men
Washington, Booker T.  ~  Up From Slavery, an Autobiography
West, Nathanael  ~  Miss Lonelyhearts and The Day of the Locust
Wharton, Edith  ~  The Age of Innocence
Whitman, Walt  ~  Leaves of Grass
Wilder, Thornton  ~  Plays
Williams, Tennessee  ~  The Selected Plays
Adams, Henry  ~  Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
Crane, Hart  ~  The Complete Poems
Dreiser, Theodore  ~  Sister Carrie
Du Bois, W. E. B.   ~  Dusk of Dawn
Lincoln, Abraham  ~  Speeches and Writings
Williams, William Carlos  ~  The Selected Poems
Wolfe, Thomas  ~  Look Homeward, Angel

Tags: decorative leather books, franklin library, leather bound classics, leatherbound, modern leather books

Franklin Library Heirloom Series

Posted on 07. Nov, 2012 by Bob in Blog, Book Styles

The Franklin Library was one of the largest and most sought-after publishers of fine leather-bound books from 1973 until their permanent closure in 2000.  The Franklin Library Heirloom Series was produced to fill a lower-price niche and were quarter-bound meaning that the spines were covered in leather (for an identical shelf presentation look to the more expensive full leather bindings) and the covers (boards) were cloth covered.

These photos represent some of the Franklin Library Heirloom Series volumes we have in stock or have previously procured for clients.

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Among our many specialties, Juniper Books is one of the largest buyers and sellers of fine leather-bound books from publishers like Franklin Library and Easton Press in the world.  We buy and sell nearly all of these beautiful leather bound volumes privately, so it is best to communicate with us directly about selling your collection or buying these books from us.  Our inventory changes rapidly yet we keep “want lists” for customers and we have helped our clients build their collections over years.

Modern leather-bound books make marvelous gifts and we have more experience than anyone in assisting our clients with selection and sourcing; from a single book to a curated collection of thousands. And, as these books are collectibles that appreciate in value over time, we are also very experienced in evaluating and appraising these volumes and we quite often advise clients on appropriate prices to pay for these books as many times they are overpriced in certain venues.

NB: We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

Tags: decorative leather books, franklin library, leather bound classics, leatherbound, modern leather books

Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series

Posted on 07. Nov, 2012 by Bob in Blog, Book Styles

The Franklin Library was one of the largest and most sought-after publishers of fine leather-bound books from 1973 until their permanent closure in 2000.  The Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series was produced between 1974 and 1982 and included 100 volumes bound in full leather with 22K gold leaf imprinting and sewn-in bookmarks. (The bookmark is the sign that the book is actually from this Series as Franklin Library also produced a lower tier set of 100 Greatest Books bound in “faux leather” without them.)

These photos represent some of the Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series volumes we have in stock or have previously procured for clients. The complete Series list is included at the bottom of this page.

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Among our many specialties, Juniper Books is one of the largest buyers and sellers of fine leather-bound books from publishers like Franklin Library and Easton Press in the world.  We buy and sell nearly all of these beautiful leather bound volumes privately, so it is best to communicate with us directly about selling your collection or buying these books from us.  Our inventory changes rapidly yet we keep “want lists” for customers and we have helped our clients build their collections over years.

Modern leather-bound books make marvelous gifts and we have more experience than anyone in assisting our clients with selection and sourcing; from a single book to a curated collection of thousands. And, as these books are collectibles that appreciate in value over time, we are also very experienced in evaluating and appraising these volumes and we quite often advise clients on appropriate prices to pay for these books as many times they are overpriced in certain venues.

NB: We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

The complete Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series included:

• The Iliad by Homer
• The Odyssey by Homer
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
• Confessions of St. Augustine
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
• Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
• Five Comedies by Aristophanes
• Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
• Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Stories of Guy de Maupassant
• Plays by Anton Chekhov
• Politics by Aristotle
• Selected Writings of Sir Francis Bacon
• Oresteia by Aeschylus
• Le Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
• Tales From The Arabian Nights by Sir Richard F. Burton
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Analects of Confucius
• Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
• The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
• Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake
• The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
• The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
• Plays by Euripides
• The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
• Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
• Essays of Michel de Montaigne
• Philosophical Works of René Descartes
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
• Collected Poems (1909–1962) of T. S. Eliot
• Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin
• The Basic Works of Sigmund Freud
• The Poetry of Robert Frost
• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Poems of John Donne
• Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Favorite Household Tales of the Brothers GrimmBrothers Grimm
• The Federalist by Hamilton, Madison and Jay
• The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
• The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire
• Jane Eyre By Charlotte Brontë
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
• Plays by Henrik Ibsen
• The Ambassadors by Henry James
• Nine Tales of Henry James
• Ulysses by James Joyce
• The Trial by Franz Kafka
• Poems of John Keats
• Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
• The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
• Five Stories of Thomas Mann
• Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• Eight Comedies by William Shakespeare
• Poems of William Shakespeare
• Six Histories by William Shakespeare
• Six Tragedies by William Shakespeare
• Political Writings of John Stuart Mill
• Paradise Lost by John Milton
• Seven Plays by Molière
• Four Plays of Eugene O’Neill
• Political Writings of Thomas Paine
• Pensees by Blaise Pascal
• Satyricon by Petronius
• The Republic by Plato
• Twelve Illustrious Lives by Plutarch
• Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
• Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
• Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
• Six Tragedies by Jean Racine
• Political Writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Three Plays by Bernard Shaw
• The Tragedies of Sophocles
• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
• Nana by Emile Zola
• Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• The Red and the Black by Stendhal
• Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
• Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
• Walden by Henry D. Thoreau
• The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
• Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
• The Aeneid by Virgil
• Candide by Voltaire
• Selected Poems of William Butler Yeats
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Tags: decorating leather books, decorative leather books, franklin library, leather bound classics, leatherbound

Franklin Library Signed Editions and First Editions

Posted on 07. Nov, 2012 by Bob in Blog, Book Styles

The Franklin Library was one of the largest and most sought-after publishers of fine leather-bound books from 1973 until their permanent closure in 2000.  Franklin Library Limited First Editions are true limited first printings, and are some of the rarest and most sought-after leather-bound books.  A Franklin Library First or Signed Edition represents the highest quality in fine binding with elaborately designed premium leather covers, hubbed spines, 22kt gilt stamping, sometimes even custom-designed slipcases, and in the case of Signed Editions; hand-numbered authenticity certificates, and original Author signatures.

These photos represent some of the Signed and First Editions we have in stock or have previously procured for clients.

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Among our many specialties, Juniper Books is one of the largest buyers and sellers of fine leather-bound books from publishers like Franklin Library and Easton Press in the world.  We buy and sell nearly all of these beautiful leather bound volumes privately, so it is best to communicate with us directly about selling your collection or buying these books from us.  Our inventory of leather-bound volumes changes rapidly yet we keep “want lists” for customers and we have helped our clients build collections over years.

Modern leather-bound books make marvelous gifts and we have more experience than anyone in assisting clients with selection and sourcing; from a single book to a curated collection of thousands. And, as these books are collectibles that appreciate in value over time, we are also very experienced in evaluating and appraising these volumes and we quite often advise clients on appropriate prices to pay for these books as many times they are overpriced in certain venues.

NB: We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

Tags: books as art, decorative leather books, franklin library, leather bound classics, modern leather books

Juniper Books Wins Best of Boulder Award

Posted on 25. Sep, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Press and News

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Juniper Books LLC Receives 2012 Best of Boulder Award

Boulder Award Program Honors the Achievement

BOULDER July 19, 2012 — Juniper Books LLC has been selected for the 2012 Best of Boulder Award in the Bookbinding Services category by the Boulder Award Program.

Each year, the Boulder Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Boulder area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2012 Boulder Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Boulder Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Boulder Award Program

The Boulder Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Boulder area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Boulder Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.

SOURCE: Boulder Award Program

CONTACT:
Boulder Award Program
Email: PublicRelations@awardprogram.org
URL: http://www.awardprogram.org

Custom Leather Bindings

New Products – September 2012

Posted on 20. Sep, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Recent Projects

As promised, we are starting to roll out a number of new book sets for sale this fall – both curated sets from our favorite publishers and also books in our custom book jackets.  At Juniper Books we do a lot of things that no other bookseller in the world does and our latest products really show that off.  Please click on any of the photos below to be taken directly to the page to purchase these books.

One of my favorites is our John Steinbeck Set – the complete works of Steinbeck in iconic book jackets.

The Works of John Steinbeck

This one is a new take on one of the sets we first introduced around Valentine’s Day – we gave it new colors and new texture – the books are the same – classic romances – and the message remains the same.  Every book lover should have an I Heart Books set on their shelves!

I Love (Heart) Books

Now for a super cool new concept in personalizing book collections – we have a set of 10 books where you pick the books, you pick the colors, and you tell us what to print on the inside flaps to further personalize the set.  This makes for a ridiculously cool gift for just about anyone!

Make Your Own Book Set – Rainbow

Then we have a number of new products from Taschen – we have been selling their books for years, placing their cool hip oversize tomes in client libraries around the world.  These are just a few of our ready made sets for sale – look for more great collections over time, or feel free to suggest a collection that you would like to see for sale.

Taschen Portrait of a City Book Set

Illustrated Art Book Series

Living in Books Set published by Taschen

 Those are just a few of the new book sets that are both decorative books as well as very desirable content to own.  As always, we are available to create complete libraries and custom book collections.  If it involves books we can do it.

Happy Fall,

Thatcher

thatcher@juniperbooks.com

303-946-1494

Easton Press Masterpieces of American Literature

Posted on 20. Sep, 2012 by Bob in Blog, Book Styles

Easton Press’s Library of Masterpieces of American Literature was a collection of 50 books printed as Special Editions.

Juniper Books is one of the largest buyers and sellers of Easton Press books in the world.  We buy and sell nearly all of these beautiful leather bound books privately, so it is best to communicate with us directly about selling your collection or buying these books from us.  Our inventory of Easton Press books changes rapidly but we keep want lists for customers and we build collections over years for our clients.

Leather bound Easton Press books make great gifts and we are happy to assist clients with the selection and sourcing of a single book.  We also have more experience than anyone in building entire collections of leather bound books – we have built collections of Easton Press books numbering into the thousands of volumes.  See the bottom of the page for links to past projects involving quantities of Easton Press books.

The goal for most Easton Press books when published is for them to become collectibles that appreciate in value – generally these oversize books hold their value very well since they are made in pretty small quantities.  We often advise clients on appropriate prices to pay for these books as many times they are overpriced in certain venues.

We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, so please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

Tags: decorating leather books, decorative leather books, easton press, leather bound classics, modern leather books

Easton Press Travel and Adventure Books

Posted on 19. Sep, 2012 by Bob in Blog, Book Styles

This page shows some of the many Easton Press books on travel and adventure.

Juniper Books is one of the largest buyers and sellers of Easton Press books in the world.  We buy and sell nearly all of these beautiful leather bound books privately, so it is best to communicate with us directly about selling your collection or buying these books from us.  Our inventory of Easton Press books changes rapidly but we keep want lists for customers and we build collections over years for our clients.

Leather bound Easton Press books make great gifts and we are happy to assist clients with the selection and sourcing of a single book.  We also have more experience than anyone in building entire collections of leather bound books – we have built collections of Easton Press books numbering into the thousands of volumes.  See the bottom of the page for links to past projects involving quantities of Easton Press books.

The goal for most Easton Press books when published is for them to become collectibles that appreciate in value.  We handle enough of these books to know that is not always the case and we quite often advise clients on appropriate prices to pay for these books as many times they are overpriced in certain venues.

We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

Tags: adventure books, decorative leather books, easton press, leather bound classics

From Book Wrapping to Rebinding

Posted on 19. Sep, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Book Resources, Book Styles, Ideas and Advice

One of the things we do at Juniper Books that is different from any other book seller in the world is that we can help with just about any book project – from requests for a lot of books in a particular style at a low cost per book, to projects involving one very special book and a much generous budget per book.

About 11 years ago I started selling rare books online – first from my own collection and then books that I went out and acquired from estate sales and auctions.  Occasionally I would  come across a rare book in terrible shape so I started developing relationships with bookbinders.  Bookbinding is expensive and time consuming – when executed skillfully, the results are beautiful and last forever.  Juniper Books helps clients with bookbinding projects – both in leather and cloth, and we also work on custom boxes and cases for books and other printed material.  However given the cost of bookbinding, it is not for everyone or every project.

Custom Pulitzer Bindings

The custom book bindings are generally for clients who have one special book (e.g., a Family Bible, a sentimental or rare book) and wish to preserve it in an attractive new binding.  We also create special gift editions for clients that might be a cherished classic, or could be a commemorative book for a specific project (e.g., a thesis, a recently completed design/architecture project, etc.)  We work with clients closely to design each binding exactly to their preferences – this includes leather and bookcloth colors, title and detail design.

At the other end of the cost and time spectrum are our wrapped books.   Whereas a custom binding might take 3-6 weeks and costs a few hundred dollars, we can make hundreds of wrapped books in a day at a very small cost per book.  We have been working with designers, architects, developers and visual merchandisers for years to provide them with books in the exact color and texture of their choice.  Our book wrappings are generally paper jackets that we measure and cut precisely then apply to each book, in some cases they are fabric.

Linen and Kraft Paper Wrapped

While some have copied our work, what cannot be duplicated is the attention to detail we provide to each project, the quality of our materials and our excellent customer service.  We offer customers an infinite number of color choices – we stock dozens of colors and I personally test a lot more papers around the year to assess their suitability for wrapping books.  We do this so that we are always ready when someone calls with a rush order – such as a visual merchandiser who needs to put 50 gold books in 100 store windows by Christmas!  Or a spa in Miami about to hold their grand opening and they need a couple thousand white books.  Or a video game company launching a new product and they need a few hundred books in their corporate color to stage a mock home.

If a customer needs books screened for content we do that as well – for example a conservative hotel chain that does not want romance novels in their lobbies . . .

In 2010, I introduced custom printed book jackets into the market and we are the only company that provides them.  The idea was to take book wrapping to a whole new level, especially for residential home customers.  The idea is that you can have the books you want (ie literary classics, or Civil War histories) and get the color / style that matches your interior.  We measure each book then custom print the titles on each jacket so they fit perfectly – we can design them to look like antique leather books or bright modern colors and just about everything in between.

Make Your Own Book Set – Rainbow

Some of our custom book jacket sets are available in our online store, however 99% of what we sell is custom made and so it is best to call or e-mail us about your project.

So, whether you have a project that calls for rebinding one book, or a need for several thousand books, Juniper Books can help!

Thatcher

thatcher@juniperbooks.com

303-946-1494

Tags: books for interior design, creative book art, custom book collections, custom book covers, custom made books, custom printed book jackets, custom wrapped books

Juniper Books on Amazon.com

Posted on 19. Sep, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Press and News

While some folks in the book buying world are not fans of the online retailing giant, I have long appreciated the convenience and value proposition Amazon provides.  As a general principal, I also believe that the more books there are in the world, the better – if you buy the books from Juniper Books, or your local bookstore or Amazon, or check them out of the library, or read on your iPad – it’s all good.  Reading and being surrounded by books is a net positive no matter how you get there.

I still spend a fortune with my local bookstores and buying books from dealers around the world, however there are some things that you can only get on short notice on Amazon or they clearly offer the best deal.  Recognizing that many book buyers are loyal Amazon.com customers and that they would prefer to buy from a large retailer, we have started listing some of our book sets and you can link directly to them through the links below.

Penguin Decorative Classics Set of 10

Penguin Classics Collection (Set of 12)

Penguin Classics Set of 5

Penguin Classics Set of 10

Penguin Classics Set of 20

Penguin Classics Set of 30

Puffin Classics Set of 10

Puffin Classics Boy’s Set of 5

Puffin Classics Girl’s Set of 5

Everyman’s Children’s Book Collection Set of 30

Everyman’s Boy’s Set of 10

Everyman’s Girl’s Set of 10

HMH Decorative Classics (Set of 8)

If you see any of the products on our website or in our online store that you would like us to add to Amazon because you would prefer to purchase it there – let me know and I’ll do that.

Thatcher

thatcher@juniperbooks.com

303-946-1494

Tags: gift books, literary classics

Easton Press Children’s Books

Posted on 19. Sep, 2012 by Bob in Blog, Book Styles

The Easton Press collection of books for children includes titles for all ages.  Children’s Editions often include beautiful illustrations tailored toward their audience, and each volume is uniquely designed to capture the attention of young readers.

Juniper Books is one of the largest buyers and sellers of Easton Press books in the world.  We buy and sell nearly all of these beautiful leather bound books privately, so it is best to communicate with us directly about selling your collection or buying these books from us.  Our inventory of Easton Press books changes rapidly but we keep want lists for customers and we build collections over years for our clients.

Leather bound Easton Press books make great gifts and we are happy to assist clients with the selection and sourcing of a single book.  We also have more experience than anyone in building entire collections of leather bound books – we have built collections of Easton Press books numbering into the thousands of volumes.

The goal for most Easton Press books when published is for them to become collectibles that appreciate in value.  We handle enough of these books to know that is not always the case and we quite often advise clients on appropriate prices to pay for these books as many times they are overpriced in certain venues.

We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

Tags: childrens books, decorative leather books, easton press

New Photos, New Projects, New Products

Posted on 17. Sep, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Book Styles, Ideas and Advice, Press and News, Recent Projects

2012 has been an incredibly busy and successful year at Juniper Books.  In fact we have been so busy filling orders the past several months that our website simply has not kept up to date with all of our offerings.

Coming Soon – New Photos, Projects and Products

Over the next few weeks we will be trying to catch up by:

• Adding new products to our online Store
• Posting new projects to our online Portfolio and changing the navigation structure
• Adding hundreds of photos to our Styles section – including new color options, customization choices, and various new styles not previously posted

A few things to note about our offerings:

• Our online Store only has about 1% of the books we sell in it.  Juniper Books provides anything and everything related to books – rare books, complete libraries, book for decoration, and about a thousand other products and services.  With a few exceptions (our personalized book sets) our online store is really about ready made book sets (i.e., our Penguin sets, or our Jane Austen book collection.)   If you would like to hire us for something you don’t see in the store it’s best to e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or call 303-946-1494.  We are adding more products to the online store over time however given the highly customized products and services we provide (curating book collections by color, size, subject, making custom book jackets, custom wrapping books, etc.) by nature many of our offerings will never appear in the store.
• Our overall philosophy is that anything with books is possible.  We work with clients to help them get what they want from their books – this means different things to different customers.  For some clients this might involve sourcing a the best copy of a particular rare book or first edition, for others it might entail assembling 10,000 books by color for a commercial project and others might be involve us building a collection of a favorite author, then wrapping them in custom printed jackets with a special gift inscription.

I have been a lifelong collector of books and I have been selling books for about 12 years now.  Every day I feel like I am just getting started on what is possible with books and what I am trying to do at the intersection books + design.  I really appreciate the compliments we have received on the work we do at Juniper Books. We will keep the innovations flowing and we will continue to expand our offerings of more traditional / classical books too.  We look forward to working with our many customers and partners for years to come – thanks for keeping us so busy!

Thatcher

Tags: creative ideas, custom book covers, custom printed book jackets, home library, library consultant, thatcher wine

Neutral Wrapped Books

Posted on 17. Sep, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Book Styles, Ideas and Advice

Our white and neutral wrapped books are one of our most popular styles.  We can wrap books in just about any color paper or fabric.  The available options in this colorway include everything from bright white to cream, ivory, off-white, beige, light brown, linen, and dozens of additional options.

We work closely with designers, visual merchandisers, developers, architects, homeowners and all others to ensure that the books are exactly the right color.

These books are made by wrapping real hardcover books in solid color “jackets,” or in the case of fabric wrapped books, covering them in the fabric.  These are an economical solution for obtaining a neutral toned appearance for a bookshelf, bookcase or entire room without the “distraction” of titles (sounds funny, we know, but often desired).

Examples of projects which have used our wrapped books include these below (click on the photo for more information):

Hotel Lorien

Macy*s Bar III White Books

95 Wall Street Library

To inquire about this style of books, please call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

Tags: creative ideas, custom wrapped books, visual merchandising books

Folio Society Single Volume Editions

Posted on 07. Sep, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Book Styles

The Folio Society publishes beautiful editions of some of the world’s most famous and important books.  Each book is its own work of art – with a rare attention to style and detail.  This gallery represents some of the Folio Society editions we have sold and that we have in inventory.

We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, so please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

Tags: books as art, books for interior design, decorative books, Folio Society

Folio Society Multi-Volume Sets

Posted on 07. Sep, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Book Styles

These photos represent only a small fraction of the beautifully designed sets produced by The Folio Society over the years.  Designed with exquisite attention to detail on the covers as well as often on the slipcases, a Folio Society set makes a statement on the shelf.

We are posting this page as sort of a visual bibliography, so please ask for permission before using our photos for any commercial purposes, thank you.

To inquire about this style of books, please feel free to call 303-946-1494, e-mail thatcher@juniperbooks.com or contact us through the form below.

Tags: books as art, books for interior design, decorative books, Folio Society

New Book Sets – August 2012

Posted on 23. Aug, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Press and News, Recent Projects

It has been a very busy summer at Juniper Books on all fronts.  In June I had the opportunity to visit some projects I have worked on including the Hotel Lorien and Halstead Square in Virginia and The Hotel NoMad in New York City.  I will be posting new photos of these projects very soon.

An article in the Wall Street Journal – “A House to Look Smart In” – featured our work very prominently and has led to a number of orders and new client relationships.   Other press included a great feature on Wired Design and a really fun piece in the Colorado issue of Luxe magazine.

Back in the studio in Boulder Colorado, the team has been super busy creating new book sets for sale.  I’m really excited about many of these new products as they really show off what we do – combining great books with great design.  You can feel good about owning these book sets as they are timeless classics and Juniper Books can make them in the colors and styles that work for your decor.  Please follow the photos below to view the new products.

Juniper Books Piano Keyboard Book Set

100 Literary Classics in Modern Jackets – Many Colors Available

100 Literary Classics in Vellum or Leather Style Custom Jackets – Various Colors Available

Custom Blue Ravenclaw Style Jackets for Harry Potter Books

As always, if you would like assistance with your custom library project or are looking for the perfect set of books to give as a gift (or anything in between), please feel free to contact thatcher@juniperbooks.com or call 303-946-1494.

Thatcher

Tags: custom book collections, custom wrapped books, decorative books

Halstead Square

Posted on 22. Aug, 2012 by Thatcher Wine in Blog, Recent Projects

“Just off the Metro, there’s a place that has it all. A fun-filled haven—complete with shops, restaurants, and three distinct, luxury apartment buildings. We call it Halstead Square. You’ll call it amazing.” -Halstead Square Website

We had the opportunity to work with the designer of this luxury residential complex in Vienna, Virgnia .   Specifically we provided RED, WHITE and BLUE books for the lobby of The Rockwell building.  The designer from the DSF Group created a magical space that is vintage Americana – very appropriate decor for this building not too far from Washington, DC.