The Craft of Bookbinding |  | Author: Manly Banister
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 32177
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0486278522
Dewey Decimal Number: 686.3
EAN: 9780486278520
ASIN: 0486278522
Publication Date: February 18, 1994
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Product Description
Profusely illustrated step-by-step guide enables you to rebind books, paperbacks, periodicals, more. Book sewing of all types (antique, flexible, lockstitch, whipstitch, etc.); how to make endpapers, attach headbands, case in, cover with book cloth and other materials, add titling and decoration, much else. Updated list of suppliers. 254 illustrations and photographs.
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 So so August 28, 2007
Bexx (Boston, MA United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Many of the methods Banister uses in this book are finicky and overcomplicated, but they get the job done nonetheless. His instructions may be difficult for some to follow, but there are tons of great photographs. I also love that Banister gives instructions for how to build several presses yourself - they can be very pricy if purchased ready made!
 Just what I needed to get me started. January 3, 2007
Xairip
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book--paired with Hand Bookbinding: a Manual for Instruction--are just what you need to get started with the art of hand bookbinding. The only time I would buy another book about bookbinding would be if I needed more information, or wanted to try out some new stuff, which is highly unlikely.
So, if you're interested in hand bookbinding, buy the two books I mentioned, and you'll be all set (apart from equipment).
Best of show February 20, 2000
R. Watts (Lewisville, TX USA)
126 out of 126 found this review helpful
This is by far one of the better books on the subject of bookbinding. It treats things such as leather covering, multiple sewing methods, cording, split covers, and finishing with great detail. However, an easier to read book is Hand Bookbinding A Manual of Instruction by Aldren A. Watson, which also happens to provide instructions on how to make your own tools, something the reader will find quite useful since tools are very difficult to find. Anyone wishing to get into bookbinding seriously should obtain both books to have a complete treatment of the subject, from tools to final product. I couldn't do without the two of them.
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