For a collector of autographed first editions of American twentieth-century literature, I created a binding for John Steinbeck’s The Wayward Bus (New York: The Viking Press, 1947) showing the muddy road to nowhere from the bus driver’s point of view. I used borderless onlay, gold-tooled onlays, gold tooling, and Mylar appliqué to realize this design. I put a bit of extra effort into the box as well—ideas hatched out of respect for the collector and an understanding of what he was looking for.