Written with Ruth Wiseman When I began translating Ernst Collin's Pressbengel ( The Bone Folder ) it was because I felt such an affin...

From The Profession Of Bookselling: A Handbook Of Practical Hints For The Apprentice And Bookseller by A. Growoll, London, 1895. Pg 108. G...

I am in the process of helping clarify much of the biographical information about Ernst Collin, author of Der Pressbengel (1922) that I tra...

First attempts at creating lacunose panels, a technique developed by English binder Paul Delrue.These may still be in progress, haven't ...

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 ...