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 &amp; 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. xiii, i , 372 pages followed by 14 plates. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..

A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Middleton, Bernard C.

Crafts & Hobbies

Oak Knoll Pr

Physical description: xii, 126 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.(some col.) ; 27 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-126). Summary: Bernard Middleton has been practising as a bookbinder, and writing about the history and craft of bookbinding, for more than 60 years. In this volume, a revised and expanded version of the memoir published in 1994 in a fine press edition by Bird & Bull Press, he writes about his life as a bookbinder, and many of his bindings are reproduced in colour. Subject: Middleton, Bernard C.- Biography - Diaries. Bookbinding, post-Medieval - Industrial / commercial art & design - ART / Individual Artists / Monographs - book design. Books - Conservation and restoration - Great Britain - History - 20th century. Other names: Tidcombe, Marianne. Genre: Autobiography, Bibliography, Illustrated.

Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding by Middleton, Bernard C. (2000) Hardcover

Arts & Photography

The Restoration Of Leather Bindings

Graphic Design

Fourth edition, revised and expanded from the 1998 edition. A welcome new addition in this book is a full-color section for the identification of leather and marbled papers. From the author of HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUE (also published by Oak Knoll &amp; 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, rebinding 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 practitioner and student alike when formal training in restorative techniques are unavailable. Also included is an updated listing of binders' suppliers. With numerous photographs and line drawings. Co-published with The British Library.

The Restoration of Leather Bindings (Ltp Publications ; No. 20)

Amer Library Assn.

The Restoration of Leather Bindings (LTP PUBLICATIONS ; NO. 18)

Bound in the publisher's orignal tan cloth, spine and cover stamped and decorated in bown and gilt. Illustrated throughout, including 11 plates.

History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique

History & Criticism

The Holland Press

this comprehensive guide by a recognized authority charts the course of Engli9sh bookbinding from its beginning to the present day. Covering both the decorative and commercial aspects of the craft, it presents a wealth of historical and technical data in an admirably organized and digestible form. Photographs of important and interesting bindings augment the text, together with technical line drawings and historical engravings. CONTENTS: Material of Leaves &amp; Folding * Beating &amp; 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 * Book Repairs and Restoration * Equipment

A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique: Third Supplemented Edition

Holland

An autobiography of one of the world's leading book restorers, binding scholars and international lecturers on bookbinding techniques. Originally published by Henry Morris at the renowned Bird &amp; Bull Press, the author has expanded the text and added many illustrations of his most inspired bindings. In this new edition over eighty of his bindings are illustrated, forty-six in full color. 
This important work is not only Mr. Middleton's personal story but also a well-documented and illustrated insight into Britian's indentured apprenticeship programs of the early 20th century. In this very warm story we follow the gangly teenager into England's strict trade schools system, through his apprenticeship, his military service during the war, to his first position at the bindery of The British Library. Each chapter is well illustrated as the young binder becomes manager at the famed Zaehnsdorf's and sets the foundation of his own business as one of the world's foremost book restorers. 
Co-published with The British Library

Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding

Biographies & Memoirs

This long awaited work on nineteenth century British bookbinders' tickets has been a labor of scholarly love for the noted authors, as well as a major addition to the literature on bookbinding identification.  Hundreds of binders' tickets are illustrated with well researched background material.  There are also 17 pages illustrating over a hundred leather bindings in full color.  This unique reference work belongs on the shelf of every collector, conservator, and binding historian.  Co-published with the Bryn Mawr College Library.

Ticketed Bookbindings from Nineteenth-Century Britain

Spawn, William

Kinsella, Thomas E.

Kinsella, Thomas C.

History

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A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique

Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding by Middleton, Bernard C. (2000) Hardcover

The Restoration Of Leather Bindings

The Restoration of Leather Bindings (Ltp Publications ; No. 20)

The Restoration of Leather Bindings (LTP PUBLICATIONS ; NO. 18)

History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique

A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique: Third Supplemented Edition

Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding

The Restoration Of Leather Bindings

Ticketed Bookbindings from Nineteenth-Century Britain