Features of DWM Press Books

DWM Press books are available in three bindings. The moderately priced DWM Press First Edition hardback is printed and bound in Wales by Gomer Press. This edition features hand-sewn book blocks with colored endpapers, decorative head and tail bands,  and a cloth ribbon marker. Fine bookcloth on the spine and covers is imprinted in gold foil with a brass die.

The DWM Press First Edition, Deluxe Binding, is limited to a maximum of 50 copies of each book: printed and hand sewn in Wales by Gomer Press, expertly bound by hand in England by Ludlow Bookbinders, signed and numbered by the author. We have selected hand-decorated Italian wood-block print papers for each book. 

Our third binding is a trade paperback, also printed and bound in Wales by Gomer Press.

Gomer Press
Ludlow Bookbinders

Features of the Deluxe Bindings

  • Hand sewn book blocks with colored endpapers, printed in Wales by Gomer Press;

  • Decorative head and tail bands;

  • Cloth ribbon marker;

  • The outer case is quarter-bound in England by a master craftsperson at Ludlow Bookbinders using face papers of an Italian hand-decorated woodblock print;

  • Only the finest bookcloth is used for the spine;

  • The spine and cover title block printing is gold foil blocked impressed with brass dies;

  • The slipcase is covered in the same bookcloth as the spine and is paper-lined in a matching color;

  • Each book in the Deluxe Binding is signed and numbered by the author. If you would like any or all of our titles in the Deluxe Binding with a specific number (#1 through #50), please indicate your preference to DWM Press when you place your order, and we will do our best to set aside the book with your number.

We hope that our clients will agree that our Deluxe Bindings deserve a shelf in their libraries. Thus, DWM Press can accept a standing order for future titles, and as they come available, we will set aside a book for you and then contact you to confirm your order.

Features of the Standard Hardback Binding

  • Hand sewn book blocks with colored endpapers, printed and bound in Wales by Gomer Press;

  • Decorative head and tail bands;

  • Cloth ribbon marker;

  • Only the finest bookcloth is used for the spine and covers of the hard case;

  • The spine and front cover printing is gold foil blocked impressed with a brass die.