Back in September 2021 I acquired a binding containing two small publications by Paul Kersten and 5 advertising leaflets for type holders an...

Edge trimming rules have been mentioned the German bookbinding literature at least since Prediger in the first volume of his  Der in aller h...

The Kaschiereisen as this tool is known in German is made to shape and consolidate the spine of a book in backing where it was used as an al...

 A looooooong time ago, not to long after I started this blog, I introduced the Aufschabebelch , a simple tool that one could purchase or ma...

Lots of books have need for indexing tabs, books such as directories, address books, and ledgers. The marks for the index are placed along t...

Habe vor kurzer Zeit noch einen Katalog für Buchbindereibedarf erworben. Der unten, Holz-Werkzeuge für Buchbindereien , stammt von der Firm...

Translation of "Der Pressbengel," from  Der Buchbinderlehrling , vol, 13, nr, 11, 1940. By Schlaghammer (beating hammer), pseudon...

Below the 1928 Braunwarth & Lüthke catalog that gives a wonderful sense of the all the expendable supplies (paper, cloth, leather), hand...