Charles Hobson made the two-layer monotype portraits of Admiral Nelson and Emma Hamilton which have been reproduced as high-resolution digital prints on transparent film as the frontispiece. The cover and slipcase have been covered in a handmade paper called Canal made in Quebec that has been embossed with a pattern of netting for the slipcase.

The cover contains a lenticular photograph fabricated at RWC Digital Graphics, Fort Worth, Texas, combining an amage of Aphrodite with an age-of-sail sea battle scene. The text paper is BFK Rives. The books were assembled by Charles Hobson and Alice Shaw. Mary Daniel Hobson assisted with editing the text. John DeMerritt, Emeryville, California, made the slipcases and covers for the edition.