A Bookbinder's Guide to Sewing - A Selection of Classic Articles on the Methods and Equipment of Bookbinding

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• Publisher: Crawford Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473357570
• Print ISBN:
  9781447443575

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subject of bookbinding. The titles in this range include "A History of English Bookbinding" "Account Book Binding" "A Guide to Repairing Books" and many more. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "A Bookbinder's Guide to Sewing" contains information on the methods and equipment of bookbinding. It is intended to illustrate aspects of bookbinding and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

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• Bookbinding as a Handwork Subject - Being a Full Explanation of How Books Can be Bound with Simple Apparatus in a School Classroom. J. Halliday
• Bookbinding as a School Subject - Stage II - Binding Books of More than One Section in Cloth. Douglas Cockerell
• Bookbinding for Beginners. Florence O. Bean and John C. Brodhead
• Bookbinding for Bibliophiles - Being Notes on Some Technical Features of the Well Bound Book for the Aid of Connoisseurs. Fletcher Battershall
• Bookbinding Made Easy. Lee M. Klinefelter