The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding / Arthur W. Johnson

The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding / Arthur W. Johnson

Books


REF.BB.1155
224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
1978
Greater London
Bookbinding
This book includes the underlying theory and detailed practical work to understand the craft of bookbinding. Topics covered range from a history of English bookbinding decoration, equipment (both heavy equipment and small tools), bookbinder's materials (paper, board, pH values, cloth, leathers, tape), an introduction to a book, working procedures (specifications, endpapers, sewing, rounding and backing, edge guilding, headbands, leather paring), binding styles (case binding, library style, flexible style, sunk cord style, vellum bindings, limp bindings), finishing tools and working methods, boxes, changes in bookbinding construction (Harrison groove, stub binding, flush joints on tapes), and design examples. Elementary bookcrafts are excluded from this volume, as are account bookbinding and book restoration. Also included are a glossary, index, and a list of further readings. Includes detailed illustrations throughout.