Day 46-Gambler Tobacco Book

Here's another "saw it in the store" book. An empty box of Gambler Rolling Tobacco seemed just the perfect size. All I had to do was cut the box open and remove the top and bottom, fold pages into signatures and stitch them in. The spine stitching seemed loose so I turned that problem into a win with some decorative knotting on the spine. I added some chain-weave cord for tying it shut.

And since I wanted to make a point opposite to what the the tobacco box stands for, I added a copy of one of the wonderful cigarette Death Cards to the front--a skeleton and the caption "This Joker was a smoker"--as well as two more full size cards inside the front and back covers. It's a nice fat little book with approx. 175 leaves (350 pages) of white text paper. It feels nice in the hand.