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The Thames and Hudson manual of bookbinding : with 270 illustrations, in color and black and white / Arthur W. Johnson .

By: Johnson, Arthur W.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Thames and Hudson manuals.Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1978 (1992 [printing])Description: 224 p. : ill.(some col.) ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0500680116 .Subject(s): Bookbinding -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 686.302
Holdings
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General Lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 686.302 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00059925
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Bibliography: p. 219 - Includes index .

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 7)
  • 1 A history of English bookbinding decoration (p. 13)
  • 2 Equipment (p. 21)
  • Heavy Equipment (p. 21)
  • Small Tools (p. 23)
  • 3 Bookbinder's materials (p. 30)
  • Paper (p. 30)
  • Board (p. 37)
  • Ph Values (p. 37)
  • Cloth (p. 38)
  • Leathers (p. 39)
  • Thread, Tape and Cord (p. 41)
  • Adhesives (p. 41)
  • 4 Introduction to a book (p. 45)
  • 5 Working procedures (p. 48)
  • Specifications (p. 48)
  • Preparation of the book for Binding (p. 49)
  • Endpapers (p. 57)
  • Sewing (p. 61)
  • The Plough and Guillotine (p. 69)
  • Rounding and Backing (p. 75)
  • Edge Gilding (p. 79)
  • Headbands (p. 85)
  • Leather Paring (p. 89)
  • 6 Binding styles (p. 93)
  • The Case Binding (p. 93)
  • The Library Style (p. 103)
  • The Library Style in Buckram (p. 115)
  • The Flexible Style (p. 118)
  • The Sunk Cord Style (p. 134)
  • Vellum Bindings (p. 144)
  • Limp Bindings (p. 149)
  • Loose-Leaf and Guard Books (p. 153)
  • 7 Finishing (p. 159)
  • Tools, Equipment and Materials (p. 159)
  • Working Methods (p. 166)
  • 8 Boxes (p. 179)
  • 9 Changes in bookbinding construction (p. 194)
  • The Harrison Groove (p. 194)
  • Stub Binding (p. 195)
  • Flush Joint Sewn on Tapes (p. 197)
  • Large Bindings (p. 197)
  • Adhesive Binding (p. 201)
  • The American Groove (p. 203)
  • 10 Design (p. 204)
  • Examples (p. 206)
  • Glossary (p. 211)
  • Further reading (p. 219)
  • Index (p. 220)

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