That there was once the idea that books were functional items, not fetishized objects that should take as long as possible to make and shou...

Henry Hébert describes the history and construction of these very basic and utilitarian bindings in his Works of the Hand blog post on Nove...

The Jahrbuch der Einbandkunst (Yearbook of the Art of Bookbinding) was a journal published 4 times, 1927, 1928, 1929/30, 1937. It was publis...

Bookbinding has even made it onto stamps. Below are examples from my collection from Germany, France, and most recently Canada. Enjoy! I...

Several years ago I was able to acquire the German Bookbinders' Guild membership book of a certain Ludwig Schaible. Herr Schaible was bo...

The Chorus by William Hogarth, ca.1850  German Bookbinder's Song of 1842. Who can be more contented, With life as ‘tis. presente...

Spent the equivalent of a few fruitful days weeding and shifting my bookbinding/book arts reference collection so that I have _some_ space...