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A HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE.
Middleton, Bernard C.
Foreword by Howard M. Nixon.
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Fourth edition. This is a classic reference work about decorative and commercial English bookbinding techniques written by one of the foremost experts on bookbinding. Each chapter covers various aspects of bookbinding techniques as well as historical information. Each of the chapters describes the material of leaves and folding, beating and pressing, sewing endpapers, gluing the spine, rounding and backing, boards and their attachment, edge-trimming and decoration, headbands, back linings, covering, finishing siding and pasting down, equipment, book repairs and restoration. The book also includes appendices covering a variety of topics. Several sections describe the background and history of the London bookbinding trade around the beginning of the 19th century, its working conditions, and the growth of its binderies. Other sections discuss the specialization in book-edge gilding, the Arts & Crafts movement's influence on bookbinding styles, and the causes and prevention of leather decay. This book is an excellent background for those interested in the English technique. Illustrated with plates.
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PRAISE BASTED IN.
by Kaufman, Margaret
Limited to 100 copies, signed by all the participants. A poem by Margaret Kaufman that is a sequel to "Aunt Sallie's Lament" and creates a friendship quilt in celebration of her seventy-fifth birthday. It has nine squares from family and friends, each with its own greeting card and Sallie's comments. Each of the greeting cards was handwritten by a different woman and then printed. The designs were laser printed and some were hand colored. The title is stitched in with lavender crochet thread, and Sallie's verses are printed in Trump Mediaeval. The pages create a changing quilt pattern accumulating the names of the quilters and are made of papers from Barcham Green, Richard Langdell, MacGregor-Vinzani, Fabriano, Rives, and Mohawk Superfine. Many of the papers have patterns that are made up from a variety of printers' flowers plus linocuts for the appliqued designs. The cover is quilted with patterned cottons. The inside of the front cover of the box contains a silk flower bouquet. The boxes were made by Judi Conant and Mary Richardson. Includes the colophon in an eight page pamphlet with a cover using an embossed quilt card design by Lisa McMasters for Stone Ginger Press.
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