End- and covering paper Pekapapier Nr. 84 made in our own workshop
from a design by Paul Klein. Hübel & Denck Monatsblätter, Nr. 2, 1924.
End- and covering paper Pekapapier Nr. 96 made in our own workshop. Hübel & Denck Monatsblätter, Nr. 3, 1924.
Peka sprayed paper made in our own workshop using light-fast colors,
a new development that has man advantages in addition to the attractive soft-toned colors.
Hübel & Denck Monatsblätter, Nr. 1, 1925.
Photo showing process of making sprayed and stenciled papers
from Praktische Winke published by the Leipziger Buchbinderei A.G., 1926.
Congratulations Marc! Absolutely beautiful and honored by the binding.
The Bone Folder was written by Ernst Collin as Der Pressbengel,
translated by me, and printed by Don Rash's Boss Dog Press with photos
by John (Hans) Schiff. Order information at left. Unbound sheets are sold out.
"A good book is the best friend and helper anytime!," "read books, knowledge is power!," and "give books at every occasion!"
Hübel & Denck, based in Leipzig was one of Germany's largest trade binderies, binding everything from notebooks to literature, including very high end specialty work. The image is from their house journal that published articles about typography, design, bookbinding, collecting, ...
From Hübel & Denck's "Monatsblätter für Bucheinbände und Handbindekunst," vol 2, nr. 12, 1925-26.
Each of the issues in the journal had it's own unique style that included the paper, typography, graphic elements, and samples of materials. More about those later.
The bindery and book cover factory Hübel & Denck, 1895.
Franz Weisse worked there in their extra-binding department.
Hübel & Denck also published the Monatsblätter für Bucheinbände und Handbindekunst (1924-28),
a monthly newsletter with articles by and for bibliophiles that Ernst Collin wrote for as well.
Each issue had its own distinctive typographical design and often included samples of materials
Last summer I finally got around to binding my copy of John Waters' Carsick that chronicled his hitchhiking trip from Bawlmer to San Francisco. Carsick is your "traditional" modern trade hardcover, adhesive bound with dust jacket... Nothing special.
So, rip cover off, take tacking iron (with protective layer between) to remove the bulk of the hot-melt adhesive and round while still warm. Next, attach a rolled cord to make a shoulder as there was none, make the endpapers, trim, give top edge a coloring of Woodland Scenics asphalt color (bookbinding and choo-choos overlap), apply rolled endbands, line spine, make case, cover with distressed corrugated cardboard, case-in. Got it? Good. Just another German case binding...
The start of Mr. Waters' journey, and mine.
Thought it might find use in the design.
A trip to AAA (Just like Mr. Waters) to get some road maps.
Started in Bawlmer/Maryland, an overall of the US, and finally San Francisco.
Textblock done, next the covers. Start with your typical corrugated cardboard box like you might pick up to make your hitchhiking sign, write destination (or in this case title) in Sharpie, and done. My vodka box was too clean though, so some light weathering was called for. Enter a post lunch-time coffee on Waverly Avenue, busy during that time, including with heavy truck traffic, just like along the interstate.
Result of the weathering...
Mr. Waters holding his sign.
From a review in the Chicago Tribune.
Needed a bit more, so coffee stains from the bottom of the cup.
End on view showing edge treatment, endband making use of map cutoffs,
and the corrugated.
The endpapers...
Overall view of cover. A torn strip of map depicting the heartland along the bottom
A very different yet very fun project where I felt I was channeling Richard Minsky's "material as metaphor" concept.
I enjoyed reading the book, too,really three stories bound as one, his fantasy trip, his horror trip, and reality. My masseuse (who didn't care for the book) undertook a similar trip last summer, retracing the one he made 40 years ago. Like Waters' experience, his reality was similar, a trip filled with meeting interesting people with interesting stories that reveal not all is lost in 'Merica.
Just came into several issues of the Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde, n.F., spanning the years 1910 - 18. Some wonderful advertising for binderies and binders I've shared here and seen in other places, so perhaps more fodder for future posts. You can find most of these binderies on the Buchstadt | City of the Book, Leipzig, 1913 map.
E.A. Enders, 500 employees and 230 machines.
Everything bookbinding and related, with an
extra-binding department head by Professor Walter Tiemann. Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde, n.F., vol 9, 1917-18
E.A. Enders in 1929.
From Muster-Betriebe deutscher Wirtschaft.
Hübel & Denck, Leipzig.
Royal Bavarian Court bookbinders.
Odd that the Wittelsbacher went to Leipzig in Saxony.
No one in Munich, Nuremberg, or ...? Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde, n.F., vol 2, 1910-11.
Hübel & Denck also published the Monatsblätter für Bucheinbände und Handbindekunst,
a monthly newsletter with articles by and for bibliophiles that Ernst Collin wrote for as well.
Each issue had its own distinctive typographical design and often included samples of materials.
[Bindery image]
Karl Ebert in Munich Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde, n.F., vol 9, 1917-18
