The Appliqué Edition — raised hand-stitched leather patch, Carfax Abbey design
New arrivals — a new collection

The Appliqué
Edition is here.

Our newest collection: the story is cut from real leather and hand-stitched on, so it rises off the bag. Twelve designs, now open for pre-order.

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Leather appliqué — pre-order open

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Owl Post

For the night the letter finally arrives — appliqué edition.
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Through the Looking-Glass

After Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, 1871 — appliqué edition.
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Silly Old Bear

After A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926 — appliqué edition.
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Poe's Anthology

After the tales of Edgar Allan Poe — appliqué edition.
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We're All Mad Here

After Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 — appliqué edition.
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Austen's Quill

After Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, 1813 — appliqué edition.
(1)
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Carfax Abbey

After Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1897 — appliqué edition.
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The Red Balloon

One red balloon, and no one holding the string — appliqué edition.
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Going to Neverland

After J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan — appliqué edition.
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The Black Cat

After Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat, 1843 — appliqué edition.
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The Modern Prometheus

After Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, 1818 — appliqué edition.
(1)
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The Midnight Codex

The great gothic covers, collected on one spine — appliqué edition.
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Silly Old Bear

After A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926 — appliqué edition.
(1)
$179.95$89.98 WITH CODE RAVEN-M24B8
New size--medium

Owl Post

For the night the letter finally arrives — appliqué edition.
(1)
$179.95$89.98 WITH CODE RAVEN-M24B8
New size--medium

Owl Post

After the traditions of the wizarding postal service.
(456)
$49.95$24.98 WITH CODE RAVEN-M24B8
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We're All Mad Here

After Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 — appliqué edition.
(1)
$179.95$89.98 WITH CODE RAVEN-M24B8
New size--medium

Through the Looking-Glass

After Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, 1871 — appliqué edition.
(1)
$179.95$89.98 WITH CODE RAVEN-M24B8
New size--medium

Through The Looking-Glass

After Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, 1871.
(456)
$49.95$24.98 WITH CODE RAVEN-M24B8
New size--medium

Austen's Quill

After Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, 1813 — appliqué edition.
(1)
$179.95$89.98 WITH CODE RAVEN-M24B8
New size--medium

Austen's Quill

After the novels of Jane Austen.
(456)
$49.95$24.98 WITH CODE RAVEN-M24B8
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Six literary worlds, hand-bound and printed. Enter the one that keeps you up at night.

Poe's Library handbag on a Victorian writing desk with a raven — Shop by Story chapter 01
Chapter 01 · 89 items

Poe's Library

Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.'

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The Dracula handbag on a gothic castle balcony at night - Shop by Story chapter 02
Chapter 02 · 82 items

Monsters & Madmen

Listen to them — the children of the night.

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Lovecraft & the Weird — editorial photograph with the Cthulhu handbag
Chapter 03 · 40 items

Lovecraft & the Weird

That is not dead which can eternal lie.

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Macbeth handbag on a candlelit royal stage with crown and skull - Shop by Story chapter
Chapter 04 · 20 items

Shakespeare

Is this a dagger which I see before me?

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Alice tumbling through a midnight Wonderland forest holding the Wonderland handbag - Shop by Story chapter
Chapter 05 · 42 items

Childhood Classics

We're all mad here.

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Crimson Codex handbag in a crimson private library - Shop by Story chapter 06
Chapter 06 · 37 items

The Bookshelf

A room without books is a body without a soul.

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Plate I · Jane Grey · Founder of Lettoria Portrait of Jane Grey, founder of the Lettoria Press

“I could never leave a good book behind.”

The stories I love — Poe, Shakespeare, Dracula — stay with me long after the last page. So I started Lettoria to keep them close: their art printed on things you actually carry — handbags, wallets, backpacks — in real leather, made to last. I hope you find the story that's yours.

— Jane Grey, Founder of Lettoria
✦  How It's Made  ✦

Quality you can read with your fingers.

One volume, taken apart — every material earning its place.

Macro photograph of leather grain
№ I
The Leather

Genuine leather that ages like a first edition.

Macro photograph of saddle stitching
№ II
The Stitch

Waxed thread, even hand — seams made to be reread.

The Dracula leather handbag
Fig. I · The Dracula Edition · in full
Macro photograph of artwork printed on leather
№ III
The Print

Ink set deep in the grain — not sitting on it.

Macro photograph of brass hardware
№ IV
The Hardware

Antiqued metal, riveted to carry real weight.

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Eleven ways to carry a story.

From a $39.95 wallet to a backpack that carries the whole library.

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278 pieces · $39.95 – $359.95
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Ready to start your own collection? — see how readers carry theirs ↓
—— ✦ —— From the reading rooms

Carried by readers.

Snapshots our readers send back to the Press.

  • Reader with The Raven handbag and Pride and Prejudice at a cafe window
    @han.reads “Poe rides shotgun to work.”
  • Reader with the Cthulhu tote in a bookstore
    @inkandoak “Third one. No regrets.”
  • Reader with the Alice handbag at a picnic
    @quietchapters “We're all mad here anyway.”
  • Reader with the Frankenstein backpack on campus
    @sam.annotates “It holds every deadline.”
  • Reader with the Macbeth satchel on a train
    @margaret.m “The 7:42, act one.”
  • Reader with the Dracula handbag in a reading nook
    @midnight.stacks “Children of the night, etc.”
  • Reader with the Phantom of the Opera handbag outside the theatre
    @wutheringkate “Intermission company.”
  • Codex of Gothic Tales wallet held over a marble cafe table
    @thefolioclub “Cards, receipts, one bookmark.”
  • Reader with the Black Cat tote at a market
    @carriedstories “Market day with the cat.”
  • Reader with the Dorian handbag at a museum
    @dorian.gray.days “It never ages. Unlike me.”
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