Non-Adhesive Binding: Books Without Paste or Glue

by Keith A. Smith · 1990

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Keith Smith's five-volume guide shows how to bind books without any paste or glue. The first part is less about technique than about building your own approach to binding, since making a blank book or repairing an old one is a different task from making a book full of words or pictures. Volume 2 explains how to attach one, two or three sections to flexible covers of paper or vellum, with the stitching path forming a decorative pattern on the spine. Volume 3 diagrams many kettle and link stitches, along with three sewings that need a sewing frame for readers who would rather not buy one. Volume 4 shows how to bind loose sheets, boards, plexiglass or metal so that they open flat. Volume 5 covers hardcover bindings in quarter leather. Throughout, the methods are kept simple: needle and thread, scissors, bone folder, craft knife and straightedge, with no waiting for weights to dry.

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adult
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medium · 318 pages

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