An edition of The practical guide to craft bookbinding
(1985)
The practical guide to craft bookbinding
With 128 illustrations
by Arthur W. Johnson
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Indispensable to teachers and students working on their own or attending classes.Consists of two parts: Part 1: General instructions on the processes of endpapers, sewing, leather paring. Advice on setting up a workroom, list of tools, equipment and materials. Part 2: Series of projects to enable students to progress from a single-section pamphlet bound in cloth to a library-style binding in leather tooled with gold leaf.
Both sections have clear diagrams, specially drawn by the author.In the back of the book is a glossary, lists of suppliers and schools of bookbinding.
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The practical guide to craft bookbinding: With 128 illustrations
1985, Thames and Hudson
Paperback
in English
050027360X 9780500273609
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Table of Contents
Introduction. 6
PART ONE.
Forwarding.
1 Work space, tools and equipment. 8
2 Materials. 13
3 The make-up of a book. 23
4 Design and decoration. 26
Working Procedures.
5 Endpapers. 30
6 Repairs. 33
7 Sewing techniques. 34
8 Edge trimming. 40
9 Rounding and backing. 43
10 Tight and hollow backs. 45
11 Headbanding. 47
12 Leather paring. 49
Finishing. 52
PART TWO: PROJECTS.
Forwarding.
1 Single-section (16-page) pamphlet binding, cut flush. 59
2 Single-section (16-page) pamphlet binding, cut flush, turned in all round. 61
3 Single-section (32-page) pamphlet binding, with squares. 62
4 Multi-section address book, with an index cut and lettered. 65
5 Multi-section whole cloth case binding, with a hard back. 67
6 Library-style binding in whole buckram. 70
7 Library-style binding in half morocco. 73
8 Limp binding in whole morocco or rexine. 76
9 Loose-leaf photograph album in whole cloth. 79
10 Enclosed slip case. 80
Finishing.
1a Initials tooled with gold foil on cloth. 82
2a Initials and decoration tooled with gold foil on cloth. 82
3a Title tooled with gold foil on cloth or paper. 82
4a Title tooled with gold foil on cloth (cover) and on paper, leather or linen (index tabs). 82
5a Long title tooled with gold foil on cloth, with border. 83
6a Title and border tooled with gold leaf on a leather label. 85
7a Convential library style: title and catalguing information tooled on leather with gold leaf. 85
Personally designed bindings. 86
Glossary. 88
Schools and societies. 93
Suppliers. 94
Further reading. 96
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 96.
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