The Thames and Hudson Manual of Book Binding (Thames and Hudson Manuals (Paperback)) - Softcover

Johnson, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500680116 ISBN 13: 9780500680117

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 1981

Synopsis

Arthur Johnson, one of Britain's foremost designer-bookbinders, has written a manual of the craft whose clarity and comprehensiveness make it invaluable to the student and the professional.

To give a book a worthy binding is one of the most satisfying of crafts. Beyond the utility of a good binding, there is a great deal of aesthetic pleasure to be gained from a book that opens easily and flatly, and from the decoration, the harmony of colors, and the brilliance of gold. Arthur Johnson, one of Britain's foremost designer-bookbinders, has written a manual of the craft whose clarity and comprehensiveness make it invaluable to the student and the professional. It covers equipment, tools, and materials; all stages of preparation (end papers, sewing, rounding and backing, edge-gilding, etc.); different binding styles; and the finer points of finishing. The illustrations show not only tools, materials, and processes, but also a selection of striking and beautiful examples of the binder's art, both historic and modern.

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Arthur Johnson, one of Britain's foremost designer-bookbinders, has written a manual of the craft whose clarity and comprehensiveness make it invaluable to the student and the professional.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500680116
• ISBN 13: 9780500680117
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 226