Describes the techniques of making hardbound books by hand. Many illustrations. Starts out with simpler projects that progressively move up to the point where the reader is making hardcover books by hand, including gluing, sewing, tooling, trimming.
From zines you can fold in a minute to luxurious leather journals and sumptuous sketchbooks, How to Make Books will walk you through the easy basics of bookmaking.
The Book Block is a manual of industrial binding techniques, the first in the Making a Book collection, which focuses on manuals for graphic book production.
Rajiv Surendra was filming Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel's Life of Pi. So begins his "lovely and human" (Jenny Lawson, author of Furiously Happy) tale of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published in 1922. The book may have occasional imperfections such as poor pictures. But despite this it must be republished as it is culturally important.
It's the first comprehensive book of its kind, explaining every step from installing Adobea InDesigna right through to sending the files to press.
The talented contributors include Jeanne Germani, David Hodges, Laura Wait, and a host of other artists. With nearly 100 selections taken from the best-selling 500 Handmade Books, this pocket-sized book will delight handmade-book devotees!
This book is a totally new concept in learning and improving calligraphy skills.
This book explores more experimental binding and page treatment techniques, and has a comprehensive gallery of ideas outlining the skills and materials needed to apply techniques often reserved for professionals.
Each project in this book combines bookbinding with a specific craft such as quilting, jewelry making, or polymer clay, and offer levels of expertise: basic, novice, and expert.
This expert guide offers a solution. In its pages, craftspeople can learn the traditional methods of bookbinding and produce high-quality hand-bound books themselves.