I recently acquired 2 more copies of the catalog to Deutsche Einbandkunst  edited by, and also with an article by, Ernst Collin. Why more co...

Just received Der Fachunterricht der schmückenden Berufe, Buchbinder  (1927) by Beyer u. Weißenmüller. It was written to accompany the instr...

Ernst Collin edited and published Deutsche Einbandkunst, the catalog for the Jakob Krauße Bund's (J-K-B) exhibition that was held in the...

Recently acquired another volume of the Archiv für Buchbinderei  (Vols. 21-22, 1921-22). Another article by Ernst Collin, and 2 brief mentio...

I'm continuing to go through my old trade manuals and journals scanning the materials swatches that were so often included. This time th...

I've long been enamored with the work of David Bourbeau, and had to jump at the chance to acquire this design idea for a binding on Barr...

More materials swatches from the apprentice journal, Der Buchbinderlehrling.  These were a regular fixture and informed about all manner of ...

I'm not a real user of marbled papers, let alone a marbler. I did, however, marble with oil paints before learning to make my real love ...