Do you known how a book is made? What parts or materials are brought together to create a book? Bookbinding is the art or profession of binding books. These books offer introductions to bookbinding: history, materials, techniques, and more. Find out how your books are put together, and try binding a book of your very own. Read on.
by Josep Cambras. Sterling Publishing Company. From the publisher: "Students, teachers, fine arts professionals, crafts aficionados, art historians, restorers, and bibliophiles: the list of people who will appreciate the beauty of this extraordinary summary of bookbinding techniques is endless. Written by a professor of bookbinding at the Escola d'Arts i Oficis in Barcelona, it provides a precise, systematic, and fully illustrated approach to the craft."
by Paola Rosati. Sterling Publishing Company. From the publisher: "The beautiful, creative, and ancient art of bookbinding offers countless design options for selecting exquisite papers and board, fabrics for the cover, ribbons to use as markers, and other decorative touches that capture a book's spirit."
by Henry Petroski. Knopf. From the publisher: "Now Henry Petroski turns to the subject of books and bookshelves, and wonders whether it was inevitable that books would come to be arranged vertically as they are today on horizontal shelves. As we learn how the ancient scroll became the codex became the volume we are used to, we explore the ways in which the housing of books evolved."
by Bernard C. Middleton. Oak Knoll Press. From the publisher: "The sheer breadth of Bernard Middleton's classic study of the history of English bookbinding and its skill-demanding techniques has established this book as an essential work of reference for all practitioners and students of the subject. Mr. Middleton, a celebrated bookbinder and teacher, has updated and considerably expanded this new edition and has added many illustrations."
by Miriam Foot. Ashgate Publishing. This collection offers 64 articles about the history of bookbinding, with discussions of gold-tooled bindings, specialized collections, and more. Also find price lists.
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