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2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (Hutchinson, 1968. First edition)

This black calfskin binding shows a part of Saturn made out of bronze and red-gold pigment, with white gold, holographic tooling rings encircling the planet. Kate Holland drew inspiration from Clarke's book itself, which is about a spaceship travelling to Saturn carrying Dr Bowman and the artificially intelligent computer HAL9000. The opening chapter is translated into binary code and printed on black Bible paper. This beautiful piece is part of The British Library collection.
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Kate Holland
Warminster, United Kingdom
Kate Holland discovered bookbinding when she worked for the London antiquarian bookshop Robert Frew Ltd after struggling to start a career as a contem ...
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