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Peter Beagle is my favorite author, and working with him for the Subterranean Press Edition of The Way Home is a privilege I shall always treasure. From the art direction to the final lettered edition I've had a hand in every stage, and I've been able to work with a variety of artists. I was able to work with one of my favorite binders, Lisa Hersey, of Antler Editions for the lettered edition. I had a marbled paper already chosen (by the incomparable artist Jemma Lewis), and Lisa built upon my vision with suggestions on the leather and cloth. We even were able to add hand-sewn silk endbands, a SubPress first. This edition features: letterpress title pages for the two novellas, printed by DWRI art by Alyssa Winans the limited edition dust jacket art as a gatefold hand-sewn endbands in silk goat leather spine japanese silk enclosure with leather labels and velvet traycase lining marbled paper by Jemma Lewis -Geralyn Lance, Subterranean Press COO Lisa Hersey runs Antler Editions, a bindery in Massachusetts. She graduated from the Montserrat College of Art in 2012, with an award for excellence in her concentration. Lisa bound the lettered edition run of Lincoln’s Dreams, and recently completed The Way Home. Many of SubPress’s customers will also be familiar with her work on the lettered edition cases of Earthling Press’s Weaveworld. In addition to binding, Lisa also teaches a variety of bookbinding classes. Geralyn Lance, our COO, interviewed Lisa to learn more about her bindery and art. First off, tell us a little about Antler Editions. How did you decide upon your bindery name, and what is the history behind your company?Antler Editions started in my parents' basement in 2012! It took me a while to settle on a name, I knew I wanted the word Editions, because I love creating multiples. I was looking at bone names at first because I was doing a lot of screen printing at the time, and of course... the bone folder. Everything sounded to