by Keith A. Smith and Fred Jordan
ISBN 0-9637682-5-5
Bookbinding for Book Artists
presents a simple approach to binding a book in cloth or leather.
It eliminates the skill required to pare leather or to sew endbands.
Household tools are substituted for traditional binding equipment.
Instructions for making a simple book press are included.
Three bindings are described in detail:
- Pamphlet
Binding with Boards gives a substantial presentation of a book with
only four to 32 pages. This hard cover book is presented as quarter cloth,
half or full cloth. It is described both with the end sheets as paste-down,
as well as exposed cloth hinges on the inside of the boards. This binding
gives a substantial presentation for small projects.
- Flat
Back is ideal for medium size projects. Shown as sewn onto tapes, it
gives a book of 24 to 100 pages. It is most commonly used binding for hard
cover artists books.
- Tight
Back and the Hollow Back variation are presented as leather bound books,
rounded and backed. This gives an arch which structurally allows a book
to be bound with hundreds of pages. Yet, this elegant binding can have as
few as 32 pages.
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