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QBG Library - General Bookbinding

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Ref. Title Publisher Date Author Synopsis
A1 Bookbinding as a Handcraft Bell 1975 Bannister, Manly A comprehensive account of case binding, sunk cords, single sheet, leather preparation. A very good selection on making your own tools and equipment
A1/a Bookbinding as a Handcraft Stirling 1975 Bannister, Manly A comprehensive account of case binding, sunk cords, single sheet, leather preparation. A very good selection on making your own tools and equipment
A2 Boxes for the Protection of Rare Book: their design & construction  Library of Congress 1982 Brown, Margaret Patterns for: a phased box, a portfolio, a fore-edge grip box, standard rare book designs with and without portfolio. A very detailed step-by-step instruction and comprehensively illustrated. Good for beginners
A3 The Craft of Bookbinding: a practical handbook David & Charles 1975 Burdett, Eric One of the standard texts on bookbinding. Very detailed text covering everything from tools to finishing. Also historical and modern binding, inlays & onlays, guard books etc. An excellent reference book for all stages
A5 Bookbinding as a school subject, Stage 4 lettering and simple tooling   1985 Cockerell, Douglas Pamphlet, Third Edition. How to make patterns with simple tools. Tooling is in gold leaf
A6 Bookbinding and the care of books, with appendix by Sydney Cockerell Pitman 1953 Cockerell, Douglas The original in 1901 is the classic book on bookbinding, but is lacking in illustrations at critical points eg. Headbands. Appendix this edition covers more modern materials and methods. Very good for all binders. 
A7 Introduction to Bookbinding Faber & Faber 1965 Darley, Lionel S A good introduction, basic case making, leather binding, machine bookbinding, glossary
A8 Bookbinding Cassell 1902 Hasluck, Paul Numerous engravings and diagrams. More of historic, rather than practical use of commercial trade binding. Good section on colouring edges, through marbling colours would be unobtainable today. Interesting to those with previous experience. 
A9 Japanese Bookbinding   1986 Ikegami, Kogiro Step by step instructions for Japanese bindings. Very detailed with many illustrations and photographs. Glossary. Good for beginners
A10 Bookbinding Thames & Hudson 1984 Johnson, Arthur One of the best introductions to bookbinding. Covers case, library (cloth & leather) sunk cord, vellum, & limp bindings; guard books, single sheet, finishing, boxes and many others. Strongly recommended for beginners and others.
A11 The Practical Guide to Craft Bookbinding Thames & Hudson 1985 Johnson, Arthur Covers basic tools, materials design and application to single and multi-section, library style and limp in cloth and leather. Excellent section on designing titles and spines. No index.
A11/a Bookbinding Thames & Hudson 1978 Johnson, Arthur Earlier edition of A10. Strongly recommended for beginners and others.
A11/b Bookbinding Thames & Hudson 1978 Johnson, Arthur Earlier edition of A10. Strongly recommended for beginners and others. 
A12 A Craftsman Guide to Gold Finishing, Ed. Nolan Watts, Standing Press 1995 Mitchell, John A painstaking detailed account of gold tooling using gold leaf and egg glaire. Excellent photographs and valuable chapters on the use of finishing tools and how to correct faults.
A13 Creative Bookbinding University of Washington Press 1963 Johnson, Pauline Working procedures for simple bindings on tapes or sunk cords, mostly square backs. Very creative ideas for decorated paper sides. Good for beginners
A14 How to Cloth Bind a Paperback Book: A step-by-step guide for beginners Dover 1980 Kafka, Francis J. Side sewing, casing, slipcase and a few repairs. Good for beginners.
A15 Bookbinding for Beginners Cassell & Co. 1933 Kay, J More working with paper making, calendars etc than bookbinding. Covers luggage labels, comb case, etc. single section, four sections. Good ideas for teaching children or those interested in other crafts.
A16 Advanced Bookbinding Cassell & Co. 1933 Kay, J Follows on from Bookbinding for Beginners and covers single section, case, library and flexible binding with some repairs and finishing. Intended as a school children's book, so not enough information for a DIY.
A17 Handmade Cards & Books Lothian 1995 Kropper, Jean Step by step instructions on bookbinding techniques, pamphlet, Japanese & Coptic binding, decorating cards and books, how to pattern papers. Also covers concertina bindings and albums. Australian terminology
A18 Craftsman's Guide to Edge Decorating Standing Press 1995 Mitchell, John A painstaking detailed account of gold tooling using gold leaf and egg glaire. Excellent photographs and valuable chapters on use of finishing tools and correcting faults.
A19 Unsewn Binding Dryad Press 1964 Percival, G.S. & Graham, R.A. Detailed instructions and variations on lumbecking single sheets. Good for beginners.
A20 Bookbinding Inland Printer Co. 1924 Pleger, John J Commercial and trade binding but useful for understanding the made up of a commercial book.
A21 Bookbinding at Home     Riberholt & Drastrup, A  
A22 Introducing Bookbinding   1984 Robinson, Ivor a manual on case binding (English joint), single sections, quarter leather, library & finishing by an outstanding British craftsman and teacher. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Good for beginners
A23 Work in Progress   1979 Shannon, Faith This pamphlet is a manual which accompanied one of a series of four touring exhibitions organised by the Crafts Council in 1979. Faith Shannon explains bookbinding and her workshop for which a plan is included.
A24 Hand Bookbinding: A manual of instruction  Bell 1963 Watson, Aldren A. Good introduction, suitable for beginners with many illustrations. Useful section on making your own equipment.
A25 The Art of Bookbinding George Bell & Sons 1900 Zaehndorf, Joseph W. Technological Handbooks. Historically interesting text by one of the great trade bookbinders of the nineteenth century who was famous for his immaculate and intricate finishing. Many illustrations and colure plates of beautiful finishing. Beware of the section on 'Washing and Cleaning' as much of it is not acceptable today. Gives an excellent picture of fastidious binding 100 years ago.
A26 Bookbinding: A beginner's manual Black 1981 Ashman, John A lot of very useful information, but could be difficult for a beginner. He has a weird work order; he treats gold lettering in Chapter 3 before case making! Some good tips for those who know what they are doing and a very unusual way of dealing with single sheets - always a problem.
A27 Binding and Repairing Books by Hand Batsford 1978 Muir, David Covers repairing heads & tails, corners, torn pages, repacking in cloth and leather, rebinding a cloth book, quarter, half and full leather, and gold finishing. He only deals with books sewn on cords - sunk and raised. Plenty of good line illustrations.
A28 Bookbinding and Conservation by hand: A working guide Bowker Co. 1981 Young, Laura S. More or less everything you ever wanted to know about bookbinding, following the German school - very slow and thorough. It covers Bradel as well as more familiar bindings, techniques for repairing, headbinding, finishing, Yapp binding, vellum and oriental. The only work which tells you how to correct mistakes and accidents.
A29 Non Adhesive Binding   1991 Smith, Keith A. Sewn paperback. This covers a range of bindings from simple Japanese style in many variations to very complex multiple sections with exposed longstitch, Coptic sewing, concertina binding in an extraordinary variety of styles. Highly recommended if you want something different.
A30 Bookbinding for Beginners Studio Vista 1967 Corderoy, John A good basic text for a beginner with very clear diagrams. Includes an excellent section on paring leather and many good ideas on making decorative cases in paper and cloth.
A31 Bookbinding made Easy  Bruce 1937 Klinefelter, Lee M. Another "How to make your own equipment book". Recommends techniques no longer accepted, however, could gain some useful information. Useful glossary.
A32 Bookbinding: its background and technique. Two volumes bound as one Dover 1980 Diehl, Edith Vol. 1, A history of bookbinding, methods and decoration in most European countries, North America and Near East.
Vol. 2, Very detailed account of traditional binding, mostly leather, repairing, finishing, lettering. As Diehl is American /Canadian, many of the names of materials are unfamiliar and some bleaching techniques are no longer acceptable. Useful as a bookbinding encyclopaedia, very useful glossary. 91 illustrations.
A33 ABC of Bookbinding Oak Knoll 1988 Greenfield, Jane A unique glossary with over 700 illustrations for collectors and librarians.
A34 Zelf Bookbinden     Frigge & Knapp  
A35 Making Albums for Photos & Paper Collectibles     Horton, Richard W.  
A36 Making Overcast Cloth - Joined Endpapers E & T Booklet      
A37 Historical Photo Albums & their Structures      Horton, Richard W.  
A38 ABC of Leather Bookbinding     Lhotka, Edward R.  
A39 Basic Bookbinding Dover 1957 Lewis, A.W. Detailed instructions in basic bookbinding with step by step illustrations. Excellent for beginners. 144 pages.
A40 Bookcloth:
1823 to 1980		 Montecito Press 1997 Tomlinson, William & Masters, Richard A study of early use and rise of manufacture of bookcloth, Winterbottom's dominance of the trade, costs, methods, qualities, designs.
A41 The Penland Book of Handmade Books Lark Books 2004 10 artists Master classes in bookmaking techniques; introduction by J W McLaughlin, Director of Penland School of Crafts
A42 Bookbinding 2000 Proceedings Merlin International 2002 Various Lectures by Deborah Evetts, Bernard Middleton, Philip Smith, Marianne Tidcombe, Peter Waters, Mirjam Foot at conference in 2000 honouring B C Middleton at Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
A43 Headbands: How to Work Them Oak Knoll Press 2005 Greenfield, Jane & Hille, Jenny 12 headbands described with step-by-step drawings.
A44 Modern Bookbinding Robert Hale 1998 Vaughan, Alex J. This book was bound by Maureen Duke and covered in calf at a workshop at Morningside TAFE in 1998. The book was later finished in gold leaf and boxed by June McNicol. An accompanying video is in the QBG Library, Catalogue Nos V7, V8.
A45 Book Binding Thames & Hudson 1992 Johnson, Arthur W later edition of A10. Good manual for beginners
A46 The practical Guide to Craft Bookbinding Thames & Hudson 1985 Johnson, Arthur W See synopsis for A 11.
A47 Basic Bookbinding Dover 1957 Lewis, A W See A39.
A48 Bookbinding as a School Subject Stage 1 Russell Bookcrafts 1938 Cockerell, Douglas pamphlet describing basis for binding books of one section (16 pages)
A49 Bookbinding as a School Subject Stage 3 Russell Bookcrafts 1938 Cockerell, Douglas pamphlet of 16 pages covering cutting edges and binding in half and whole leather
A50 Bookbinding as a School Subject Stage 4 Heffers Printers 1938 Cockerell, Douglas pamphlet of 16 pages on lettering and simple tooling for older and more experienced pupils
A51 Books & Boxes Search Press 2003 Peter Baumgartner Basic bookbinding techniques; decorative papers; section of how to repair books; glossary of terms.
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