Comprehensive, profusely illustrated guide covers everything — from binding simple pamphlets to sewn bindings of cloth and leather. Topics include materials, equipment, design, papers, printmaking, leathercrafting, repair and preservation, other techniques. Over 600 photographs and diagrams illustrate detailed, step-by-step instructions. Introduction. Supply Sources.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
Basic Bookbinding by A. W. Lewis Modern, easy, inexpensive techniques (minimal equipment) for binding new books, rebinding old. Best elementary book. 261 illustrations.
Bookbinding: Its Background and Technique by Edith Diehl Mammoth volume by one of the world's foremost practitioners. Both historical survey emphasizing decorated bindings, and eminently practical guide to hand bookbinding. 93 plates, 242 figures.
The Craft of Bookbinding by Manly Banister Profusely illustrated step-by-step guide to binding books, paperbacks, periodicals. Instructions for sewing, making endpapers, attaching headbands, adding covers, titling, much more. Updated list of suppliers. 254 illustrations.
Hand Bookbinding: A Manual of Instruction by Aldren A. Watson Expert, illustrated guide to creating fine books by hand. Materials and equipment, basic procedures, rebinding an old book, more, plus 8 projects: dust jacket, folio, music binding, manuscript binding, 4 others.
Bookbinding: The Classic Arts and Crafts Manual by Douglas Cockerell, Noel Rooke All aspects of the craft covered — from folding, collating, and trimming pages to preparing covers and pasting down endpapers. 120 figures. 8 halftones.
