The Hapless Child

In honor of Gorey’s dedicatee, Violet ‘Bunny’ Lang, the flat-back binding’s front and back covers are a predominately purple yuzen floral, with a foil-stamped title on the goatskin spine. Endpapers are a screen-printed Indian cotton paper featuring a modern, post-war-reminiscent motif, a nod to the era of their friendship. The book’s enclosure is a clamshell box of blue faux suede, the same floral, and an interior lining of lavender mulberry paper. The styling of this rebinding was replicated at less than three inches square; three copies were made using the same material palette.