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THE RESTORATION OF LEATHER BINDINGS.
Middleton, Bernard C.
Revised and expanded from the 1984 edition. From the author of HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE (also published by Oak Knoll & The British Library), this classic in the field of bookbinding is a practical guide to the restoration of leather bindings. Revised and expanded, this work reflects advances in techniques and materials, and contains current information on suppliers and related publications.
The book has chapters concerning definition of terms, tools
and materials, cleaning, removing the spine, resewing and alternatives; gluing, rounding and backing; headbanding, back lining, preparation of boards, rebacking, replacing the spine, repairing caps and outer joints, repairing caoutchoue bindings, repairing corners, blending new endpapers, straightening warped boards, rebonding pasteboards, salvaging old sides; staining, aging, tooling and refurbishing, recording repairs and a section of selected reading. Alternative approaches are included for rebinding when the original covers have been lost or are beyond restoration, modern rebinding, and replication of original bindings by combining elements of both modern and historical binding techniques.
Middleton's work is designed to be a comprehensive handbook
for practioner and student alike when formal training in restorative techniques are unavailable. With numerous photographs and line drawings.
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> Lhotka, Edward R., ABC OF LEATHER BOOKBINDING: A MANUAL FOR TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP.
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A NATIVE AMERICAN.
by Saroyan, William.
Printed in an edition limited to 450 copies by Wilder and Ellen Bentley at the Archetype Press (see Haas, page 24 for more detail about the press), of Berkeley, California. Includes eight illustrations by "Hans" (believed to be Hans Loyd Hoff), and additional illustrations stamped on the front and back covers. Each copy signed by William Saroyan. In addition, this copy is inscribed on a blank page, "For Mrs. L.A. Bassana, with the sincere hope that these little American fables will be pleasing to her. William Saroyan. S.F. Feb. 1939." Ahearn Collected Books, p.495.
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