Hand Bookbinding (eBook)

A Manual of Instruction

Aldren A. Watson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
160 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-13254-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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Before the advent of modern mass-production methods, books were bound by hand to remarkably high standards of quality. Beautiful and durable, they appealed to book lovers who appreciated not only a book's content but also the quality and craftsmanship of its binding. Unfortunately, the introduction of machine-binding methods, while making books widely available at reasonable prices, also largely curtailed the art and craft of making fine books by hand.This expert guide offers a solution. In its pages, craftspeople can learn the traditional methods of bookbinding and produce high-quality hand-bound books themselves. Thorough, detailed instructions, with over 270 helpful illustrations by the author, cover materials, tools, and equipment (including making your own); fundamental procedures and technical methods; rebinding an old book; making a slipcase, and other essentials. Also included are well-illustrated, step-by-step directions for eight binding projects: dust jacket; blank book, single signature; folio; blank book, four signatures; manuscript binding; music binding; and two more.Clearly written and easy to follow, this manual will be indispensable to those wishing to create high-quality handcrafted bindings themselves; it will also serve as a valuable reference for students and professionals in publishing and its allied trades.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.4.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Crafts: Book Binding & Printing
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 210 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Schlagworte: acid free • Adhesive • advertised • alisa • art craft • art journals • banister • Beginner • Bibles • BIND • Bindings • bookbinders • Bookbinding • bookbinding class • bookbinding tools • bookmakers • book-making • bookmaking • books on art crafts • books on art journals • books on banister • books on beginners • books on bibles • books on bindings • books on binds • books on bookbinders • books on bookmakers • books on book-makings • books on bottles • books on covers etcs • books on crafter • books on daughter 's teachers • books on diagrams • books on dries • books on elmer • books on glues • books on handmades • books on headbands • books on makers • books on manuals • books on materials • books on mini • books on notepads • books on nozzles • books on pads • books on paint brushes • books on paper crafts • books on paper products • books on repairs • books on rubber cements • books on scrap papers • books on signatures • books on spines • books on step instructions • books on structures • books on tea bags • books on techniques projects • books on text blocks • books on thin layers • books on traditional methods • Bottle • covers etc • crafter • daughter's teacher • Diagrams • double sided • dried • dries • dry • drying • elmer • elmer's glue • Flexible • glues • Gluing • Handmade • headbands • makers • Manual • Materials • mini • notepads • Nozzle • pads • paint brush • paper crafts • paper glue • paper products • reattach • Repair • repaired • rubber cement • scrap paper • sewing • Signatures • spines • Starter • Step-by-step • step instructions • Structures • tea bag • techniques projects • text block • thin layer • traditional methods • water soluble • white glue
• ISBN-10: 0-486-13254-4 / 0486132544
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-13254-9 / 9780486132549