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Made to order. Archival cream text block, Double-Fan Adhesive Binding so the book opens flat. Cloth is fine book cloth over board with a foil spine title. Leather is full-grain distressed cowhide with full-cover foil and raised bands. Vegan Leather uses a plant-based cover with the same foil and bands. Press runs use a special hide and die for that edition. We review every copy before it leaves the bench.

The Press is a numbered run: one exclusive title at a time in a special binding made only for that run (currently Scripturae Originales Bibliorum). The Library is the standing shelf. Pick Cloth, Leather, or Vegan Leather and any listed title. The Studio is commission work: Custom Classic (any public-domain title), Author Edition (we print and bind your writing; you keep the rights; no agents or bookstore placement), or Bespoke Design (full consultation for dies, foil, and boards).

Cloth is $49 with a foil spine title. Leather is $99 in full-grain distressed cowhide with full-cover foil and raised bands. Vegan Leather is $120 with the same foil finish and raised bands in a plant-based cover. All three use the same archival text block.

No. The current Press run uses a dedicated special-edition binding: black leather, a custom cross die, and full-cover foil made only for Scripturae Originales Bibliorum. It is priced and produced separately from Library Leather.

Every volume is made to order by hand. Press and Library orders typically ship in 4–8 weeks. We review every copy before it leaves the bench.

Yes. We ship worldwide. Library shipping is $9.99 on each order.

Numbered Press runs carry our lifetime craft guarantee. If the binding fails under ordinary use, we repair or replace it for the life of the book. Library and Studio bindings carry our five-year craft guarantee. If the binding fails under ordinary use within five years, we repair or replace it.

Contact us at orders@gaffneypress.com within 14 days of delivery with your order details and photos. We repair, replace, or refund when a book arrives damaged, defective, or not as described. Full details are on our policies page (https://www.gaffneypress.com//policies).

Made-to-order books can be cancelled for a full refund within 24 hours if production has not started. After that, change-of-mind returns are not accepted. See shipping, returns, refunds, and cancellation at https://www.gaffneypress.com//policies.

No account needed. Use the order reference from your confirmation email plus the email you used at checkout on https://www.gaffneypress.com//order-status. We also email you when your volume enters the bindery and when it ships.

Yes, for customers who have already placed a paid order. Share your personal link from https://www.gaffneypress.com//referrals. When a friend completes a paid order with a product subtotal of $45 or more (before tax and shipping), you earn $20 credit. Credits combine into one single-use checkout code, so two referrals become $40 off one book. The friend does not receive a discount. Self-referrals and fraud are void. Details are in the terms of sale.

Each checkout reserves one volume so we can bind it to order. To order another title or binding, complete a second checkout. Shipping and payment are collected by Stripe on each order.

Yes. Library leatherbound classics, numbered Press special editions, and Studio custom or personalized commissions are made as heirloom gifts, not mass bonded-leather display copies. Because every volume is made to order (4–8 weeks typical), order early for Christmas and other holiday gift deadlines. Contact orders@gaffneypress.com if you need a date confirmed before you reserve.

Yes. The Studio prints and binds in any language. Send the text with your inquiry. Library titles on the shelf stay the English editions we list.

Yes. Use Custom Classic in the Studio for any public-domain work ($150), or Author Edition ($199 and up) to have us print and bind your writing after we verify rights. You keep the rights. We do not place books with agents or stores.

A full design commission with consultation first. We align on hide color, custom die, foil colors, marbled or printed endpapers, and custom board treatments before work begins. Priced after consultation.