Please note: this binding is currently part of the DB Bookbinding Competition exhibition at Maggs Books in London. Delivery will occur after the book has been returned at the beginning of 2026.

By Diana Wynne Jones. Printed by The Folio Society 2023. Illustrations by Alison Bryant.

Full leather binding. Rough coloured page edges. Sewn silk endbands. Inset doublures with leather, surface gilt leather, suede, and stone veneer. Suede flyleaf.

The design was inspired by Chrestomanci’s seemingly idyllic garden. The garden and the exterior of the book are deceptively green and inviting. Upon closer look – or opening the book – a stone arch is discovered to have magical properties, acting as a doorway to parallel worlds.