It has been some time since our Bibliophile and Bookbinder had their last conversation about bookbinding and the trade. In the spirit of Col...

From The British Bookmaker , Vol V., 1891-92 . An English, French, and German bookbinder meet in a bar... Often contentious, yet unavoidab...

In his post from August 28th, Henry Hébert offers many great ideas for taking trade books (originally paperback or hardcover is irrelevant ...

Now Online and Featuring "The Bone Folder"

Spent a lot of good quality time this weekend working in the studio on some private work and bindings for myself. Felt really good for the h...

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...