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Custom Enclosures
Custom enclosures can range anywhere from a simple four-flap enclosure to secure a group of documents together, to a slipcase, to an ornate leather clam-shell box to house your rarest treasures. These enclosures can provide protection to your collection while giving them a beautiful presentation. Clam-shell boxes create a virtual micro-climate that protects your rare books from exposure to light as well as fluctuation in atmospheric conditions. Often times I will create boxes for smaller pamphlets and books to protect them as well as give them more visual prominence on a shelf.

"An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy." -Augustine Birrell
 

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