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Bookbinding : a step-by-step guide / Kathy Abbott.

By: Abbott, Kathy [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Ramsbury : Crowood Press, 2010Description: 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847971531 (hardback); 1847971539.Subject(s): BookbindingDDC classification: 686.3
Contents:
Materials and tools -- Single-section bindings -- Multi-section bindings -- Containers -- Making a pricking cradle -- Recipes [for adhesives].
Summary: This practical guidebook introduces the techniques required to bookbind successfully. It looks at single-section, paperback, hardback and leather binding techniques, as well as other formating techniques such as slipcases and portfolio cases.
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General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 686.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00230639
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The craft of bookbinding has a long history and tradition. It has developed through the ages and is now enjoying a period of renewed popularity and creativity. Whether you are a beginner or an established bookbinder wishing to refresh your memory, this practical book introduces the techniques with step-by-step instructions and photographs. It explains how to transform a few sheets of paper and some thread into a book to be proud of. For the more experienced, the author also covers how to work with leather to create classic, professional bindings. Topics include: sSingle-section bindings; paperback and hardback; multi-section bindings; full cloth case, photograph album, quarter leather binding with paper or cloth-covered sides, and wrap-around structure, and finally containers; phase box, slipcase and portfolio case.

Includes bibliographical references (page 156) and index.

Materials and tools -- Single-section bindings -- Multi-section bindings -- Containers -- Making a pricking cradle -- Recipes [for adhesives].

This practical guidebook introduces the techniques required to bookbind successfully. It looks at single-section, paperback, hardback and leather binding techniques, as well as other formating techniques such as slipcases and portfolio cases.

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Library Journal Review

Bookbinding can be a satisfying hobby for those willing to set up a workshop with the required equipment. Abbott, a professional bookbinder in London, demonstrates projects ranging from simple, one-fold paperbacks to quarter leather bindings and cloth-covered slipcases. Instructions are basic and intended for beginners as well as experienced binders. A good addition to paper crafts and scrapbooking collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Kathy Abbott has been a bookbinder for over twenty years. She served a four-year apprenticeship before studying bookbinding and print finishing at the London College of Printing. She went on to graduate in Bookbinding at Roehampton University. She is currently self-employed as a bookbinder and book conservator. She teaches at the City Literary Institute in London and at West Dean College, Chichester. Her work is held in private and public collections, including the British Library. Resident - London