A Practical Course in Bookcrafts and Bookbinding

John Mason

• Publisher: Plaat Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781447436843
• eBook ISBN: 9781473386549

John Mason who was the teacher of bookcrafts and bookbinding at the Leicester College of Arts and Crafts and at Vacation Schools for Teachers brings you 'A Practical Course in Bookcrafts and Bookbinding'. Giving the reader all the information needed to learn about the beautiful skill of bookbinding, the practical knowledge gained should enable the reader to make their own variations.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Preface
• Foreword
• Contents
• Class Instruction
• Tools and Materials
• Technical Terms
• A Few Hints
• Single Section Note Book in Quarter Cloth
• Single Section Sketch Book in Paper Covers
• Brush and Pen Holder
• Small Desk Blotter
• Slip-in Box
• Square Box
• Hexagonal Box
• Octagonal Box
• Single Section Note Book in Half Cloth
• Single Section Album
• Picture Frame with Strut
• Folding Photograph Frame
• Loose Leaf Binder
• Loose Leaf Post Binder
• Case for Writing Pad
• Stamp Book Case
• Portfolio for Foolscap Paper
• Artists’ Portfolio
• Large Desk Blotter with Curved Corners
• Treasury Note Case
• Small Stationery Case
• Large Stationery Case
• Book Box
• Multi-Section Book in Case Binding
• Multi-Section Case Book with Joints
• Preparing a Book for Rebinding
• The Library Binding
• The Half-Bound Book with Laced in Boards and Hollow Back
• Lettering the Backs
• Coloured Paste Papers
• Marbling
• Stick Printing
• Knife Sharpening
• Historical Development of the Book
• Leather for Bookbinding
• The Manufacture of Paper
• E.H.A. Examination Syllabuses
• Index