The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 21, May 25, 2003, Article 17

LONGS-ROULLET BOOKBINDERS

  David Lange writes: "Alain Roullet was the binder for the
  first edition of my Buffalo Nickel book. The entire print run
  was perfect bound, so all hardcover copies were produced
  after the fact, being ordered as needed. Alain was recommended
  to me by my publisher, and he created several varieties of
  cloth bindings in red, brown and black, respectively. This was
  not my intent, but he evidently used whatever colors were
  available when an order was placed. The font size for the title
  also varied, particularly with the brown covers, which were
  produced in slightly greater numbers.

  I also commissioned him to create the deluxe edition. This
  consisted of just six copies bound in leather, with actual Buffalo
  Nickels mounted heads and tails on the front cover. While
  these books certainly gained some novelty and rarity value,
  I elected to go with a more conventional presentation for my
  later books. I found Alain's work to be satisfactory, given the
  reasonable cost, but I've used Alan Grace for all subsequent
  bindings. The coins on the cover idea was never repeated."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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