Showing posts with label Pressbengel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pressbengel. Show all posts

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Print Version Done and a Prototype Bound

The print version of my translation is now back from the designer and looks great. Look forward to copying/printing and then binding 25 copies. A PDF of the text laid out in seven eight-page signatures will also be available for download. Want to wait until the original publication in the Guild of Book Workers Journal has happened.



However........., did get busy to bind a prototype of the edition. Simple non-adhesive link stitch, with folded paper wrapper. Title stamped in gold. Each paper wrapper will be different - a nice way to use up papers and a great excuse to make more.


Saturday, November 21, 2009

Translation of Pressbengel to be Published

A translation of the Pressbengel will be published in the 2009 Guild of Book Workers' Journal. See the sidebar at left for the introduction. A small print edition suitable for binding will be available as a download in early 2010.

While I have attempted to remain faithful to the original text, certain liberties have been taken to make the text more accessible to today’s binders and bibliophiles. First, and foremost is the title change from Der Pressbengel, an esoteric tool used to increase the leverage when tightening a German backing press, to The Bone Folder, an iconic tool that represents bookbinding as no other can. The result, I hope, is in keeping with the essence of the German original.

Stay tuned for more information...

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Der Pressbengel von Ernst Collin, 1922

DER PRESSBENGEL

GESPRÄCHSBÜCHLEIN ZWISCHEN
DEM ÄSTHETISCHEN BÜCHERFREUND
UND SEINEM IN ALLEN SÄTTELN
GERECHTEN BUCHBINDER
VON
ERNST COLLIN

BERLIN 1922
EUPHORION VERLAG