In designing bookbindings, the spine is one of the defining characteristics because it is often integral to the structure and what is most v...

Back in December of 2013 , I received my first issue of Der Buchbinderlehrling (The Bookbinding Apprentice) a “journal” published betwee...

Received one of my interlibrary loan requests today, an article by Ernst Collin about bindings being exhibited by Meister der Einbandkunst a...

Renate at AAB Listen to Renate Mesmer, Eric Weinmann Head of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. talk ...

Just completed the long-overdue binding on Eight Wood Engravings On A Theme Of Pan (Northampton: Pennyroyal Press, 1980) with wood engravi...

Several years ago I found this image floating around the web with no attribution, date, or description but was immediately drawn to it becau...

The German-style millimeter binding (Edelpappband) is the "ennobled" version of the paper-covered case binding and should not be ...