Book

Smith, Keith A., 1938- author.

Sewn and pasted cloth or leather bookbinding for book artists requiring no special tools or equipment / Keith A. Smith and Fred A. Jordan.

First edition.

Rochester, New York : Keith Smith Books, [1998]

©1998

424 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bookbinding.

Leather bindings (Bookbinding)

Cloth bindings (Bookbinding)

Jordan, Fred A. author.

Bookbinding for book artists

Includes indexes.

"Book number 181 ... this first printing of the First Edition is offset in 3000 copies on Finch Vellum 80 lb. text and cover with matte film lamination. The book is Smythe sewn, paperback. An additional 200 copies are available unbound in sheets, folded and gathered, for those who might with to hand bind their own copy of this book"--Colophon.

Introduction / Fred Jordan -- Introduction / Keith Smith -- Part I: Preliminaries. Materials and tools -- Proportion on the board -- Archival materials -- Paste -- Paper traits -- Signatures (Sections) -- Imposition -- Sewing preparation -- Part II: Pamphlet binding with boards. Preparation -- 3-hole pamphlet sewing -- 4-hole pamphlet sewing --5-hole pamphlet sewing -- Making the case -- Attaching book block to the case -- Part III: Flat back cased-in codex. Preparation -- Sewing onto tapes -- Boards and casing-in the flat back -- Other methods of sewing flat supports -- Part IV: Tight back. Preparation for sewing -- Sewing recessed cords -- Rounding and backing -- Applying the leather -- Attaching and covering the boards -- Covering the boards -- Paste-down -- Half leather -- Full leather -- Part V: Finishing. Labels -- Case for the pamphlet binding, method 2 -- Exposed hinges & island paper as pastes-down -- Inlaid papers -- Miscellaneous decorations -- Part VI: Reference.

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