The Thames and Hudson Manual of Book Binding (Thames and Hudson Manuals) (Thames and Hudson Manuals (Paperback))

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Amazon Business : Save 25% on your first $200 of business supplies. Register a free business account Series: Thames and Hudson Manuals (Paperback) Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Thames & Hudson; 2nd Edition edition (September 17, 1981) Language: English ISBN-10: 0500680116 ISBN-13: 978-0500680117 Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.5 x 9.5 inches

Book Description

Arthur Johnson, one of Britain's foremost designer-bookbinders, has written a manual of the craft whose clarity and comprehensiveness make it invaluable to the student and the professional. To give a book a worthy binding is one of the most satisfying of crafts. Beyond the utility of a good binding, there is a great deal of aesthetic pleasure to be gained from a book that opens easily and flatly, and from the decoration, the harmony of colors, and the brilliance of gold. Arthur Johnson, one of Britain's foremost designer-bookbinders, has written a manual of the craft whose clarity and comprehensiveness make it invaluable to the student and the professional. It covers equipment, tools, and materials; all stages of preparation (end papers, sewing, rounding and backing, edge-gilding, etc.); different binding styles; and the finer points of finishing. The illustrations show not only tools, materials, and processes, but also a selection of striking and beautiful examples of the binder's art, both historic and modern.

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