Rebound Charles Dickens

This is what I've been keeping busy with this week. I had bought a set of matching Charles Dickens books several months ago. Matching, because they're all falling apart. I would imagine they actually matched at one time, but you never can tell.

Well, I decided to do this one first, and list it in my store since it was a duplicate. I would have tried to salvage the cover if I could, but as you can see from the first picture, the leather would just flake off when I touched it.

Since it was part of a set, I would really have liked to made an exact copy of the cover, but I don't have very many tools, and I wasn't willing to invest in having a copy made.

So, being the contrary person I am, I decided since I couldn't have it the same, I would make it completely different instead.

On the whole, I am fairly pleased with how it came out. No mistakes, or anything. I just look forward to the time when I will have enough tools to make more interesting and diverse covers.