Petit smiled, handing it over carefully, "Of course, and, it's for work." There was no hesitation in the answer, though it seemed like there should have been.
The book had indeed been re-bound, instead of a leather wrap it had a proper leather binding, with a button-and-loop toggle to hold it closed instead of a foldover and a tie strap. The pages were printed, but on an old hand-crank press, the title letters all hand-colored.