bookbinding techniques


Many bookbinders & makers of artists' books have learned their skills from other bookbinders and are happy to pass on knowledge and techniques. As self-publishing has become possible through the internet, some bookbinders have put their books about bookbinding techniques online as a free resource.

We have found some bookbinders with a lot of information about techniques, do-it-yourself tutorials, material supplies,...


Some nice tutorials, with illustrations and photographs to show you all the steps; how to bind & make books / making a bookpress / ...

http://www.tjbookarts.com/guides.htm


The books below are available free online through the website www.aboutbookbinding.com

  • The Art of Bookbinding by Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf
  • Bookbinding and the Care of Books by Douglas Cockerell
  • Bookbinding for Beginners by Florence O. Bean
  • The Binding of Books by Herbert P. Horne
  • The Story of Books by Gertude Burford Rawlings
  • A Book for All Readers by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • The Story of Paper Making by J.W. Butler Paper Company
  • Bookbinding by Paul N. Hasluck
  • Bookbindings Old and New by Brander Matthews
  • Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam
  • Book Repair and Restoration - A Manual of Practical Suggestions for Bibliphiles by Mitchell S. Buck
  • Bookbinding for Amateurs - by W.J.E. Crane
  • Royal English Bindings - by Cyril Davenpor


Free Book Binding Books at the Denis Gouey Bookbinding Studio
  • PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING BY MORRIS LEE KING
  • BOOKBINDING FOR AMATEURS BY W. J. E. CRANE
  • OTTO ZAHN ON ART BINDING
  • PAPER AND CARDBOARD CONSTRUCTION BY GEORGE FRED BUXTON AND FRED L. CURRAN
  • DIDEROT ON BOOKBINDING
  • THE ROBERT HOE COMPANY
  • GILDING AND BRONZING BY ISAAC H. WALKER
  • SANGORSKI, SUTCLIFFE, UPDIKE, ETC...
  • SHORT ESSAY ON BOOKBINDING
  • THE GRAPHIC ARTS AND CRAFT YEAR BOOK
  • COLOUR BY H. BARRETT CARPENTER
  • THE BOOK OF TRADES
  • BIBLIOPEGY IN THE UNITED STATES AND KINDRED SUBJECTS BY WILLIAM LORING ANDREWS
  • EXLIBRIS ESSAYS OF A COLLECTOR BY CHARLES DEXTER ALLEN
  • BOOKCOVER DESIGNING
  • S. T. PRIDEAUX ON EMBROIDERED AND METAL COVERS
  • ART CRAFTS FOR BEGINNERS

There are also some useful links to 'How-to-bind' tutorials!


has got some manuals online, too - and they are editable...


http://www.lostcrafts.com have got some online books, too - although a good few of them can be had through website www.aboutbookbinding.com