Bound in black cloth with gold foil throughout, this edition of The Secret History is designed to feel like an artefact — the kind of book that looks like it belongs in Julian Morrow’s classroom.
The front cover features a foil detailing representing a pivotal scene from the book, with the title set in script above it. The spine is lettered in gold with a little ‘easter egg’ symbol and the page edges are hand sprayed in a continuous Greek key pattern — a nod to the novel’s classical obsessions.
The back cover carries the book’s most-quoted line:
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
Finished with a black ribbon bookmark and unique end papers.
Each piece is carefully handcrafted, meaning no two items are ever exactly the same. Small variations and imperfections are part of the process and add to the character and uniqueness of your book—this is the beauty of something truly handmade.
Bound in black cloth with gold foil throughout, this edition of The Secret History is designed to feel like an artefact — the kind of book that looks like it belongs in Julian Morrow’s classroom.
The front cover features a foil detailing representing a pivotal scene from the book, with the title set in script above it. The spine is lettered in gold with a little ‘easter egg’ symbol and the page edges are hand sprayed in a continuous Greek key pattern — a nod to the novel’s classical obsessions.
The back cover carries the book’s most-quoted line:
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
Finished with a black ribbon bookmark and unique end papers.
Each piece is carefully handcrafted, meaning no two items are ever exactly the same. Small variations and imperfections are part of the process and add to the character and uniqueness of your book—this is the beauty of something truly handmade.
