The Thames and Hudson manual of bookbinding : with 270 illustrations, in color and black and white / Arthur W. Johnson .
By: Johnson, Arthur W
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 686.302 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00059925 |
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)