september 2011 update - John Neal, Bookseller
september 2011 update - John Neal, Bookseller
september 2011 update - John Neal, Bookseller
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B3307. True Nature: An Illustrated Journal<br />
of the Four Seasons in Solitude by Barbara<br />
Bash. 2004. 144pp. 7.75"x10". Hardcover<br />
$24.95. Sale $9.95<br />
Calligrapher Barbara Bash has<br />
created this lovely nature journal<br />
which combines a handwritten text with<br />
delightful watercolors. She caringly records<br />
and reflects on her encounters with animals<br />
and plants during solitary walks. It makes a<br />
wonderful gift.<br />
B3167. Fine Bookbinding: A<br />
Technical Guide by Jen Lindsay.<br />
2009. 192pp. 9"x9-7/8".<br />
Paper $59.95<br />
A comprehensive manual that<br />
guides you through each stage of<br />
making a book bound in leather.<br />
Explains each stage in the binding<br />
process, followed by instructions with photographs or<br />
diagrams of how to do it. Jen Lindsay is a British<br />
binder and has taught at Roehampton Institute.<br />
book & paper press<br />
S695. QuikNip Book Press. Our largest book press has a workspace of<br />
11.5" x 16" between the posts. The dimensions were chosen to allow<br />
for casing in, pressing signatures before sewing and pressing the<br />
books after gluing up the spine. The press is ideal for studio work<br />
as well as for the serious home binder. It is made from Baltic birch,<br />
hand-crafted, fully assembled and maintenance free. Its elegant<br />
design was developed in consultation with Peter Verheyen. He is a<br />
professional bookbinder and conservator in Syracuse, NY. The press<br />
is shipped with a working daylight of four inches. It comes with<br />
two post extensions that allow you to easily increase the arch height.<br />
Made in USA. $449.00<br />
While this was designed as a paper press, it makes an excellent book press at an<br />
affordable cost. Delivers 2000 lbs of pressure. This high quality press<br />
is made of Baltic birch plywood with a professional finish. Easily<br />
moved from one location to another. Ships fully assembled, maintenance<br />
free. For paper makers: Paper dried slowly under pressure<br />
yields a smoother, flatter, harder surface and is less likely to feather<br />
ink.<br />
S489. Book Press. For books/papers up to 8.5"x11". $325.<br />
JNB Price $310<br />
S490. Large Book Press. For books/papers up to 11"x14". $350.<br />
JNB Price $330<br />
Bookbinding and Conservation: A<br />
Sixty-Year Odyssey of Art and Craft<br />
by Don Etherington. 2010. 180pp.<br />
8.5"x11". B3229. Hardcover $49.95.<br />
JNB Price $44.95<br />
B3230. Unbound<br />
Signatures $24.95<br />
This autobiography takes you through his lifelong<br />
journey of bookbinding and conservation, including<br />
his teaching and his journey from Europe to the U.S.,<br />
where he became Training Officer and Assistant Restoration<br />
Officer at the Library of Congress in 1970.<br />
Includes his generous contribution to the conservation<br />
effort in Florence, Italy, following the great flood.<br />
Features a gallery of Etherington’s fine bindings.<br />
B3232. Leather Books: An Illustrated Handbook by Karli Frigge. 1997.<br />
90pp. 5.5"x 9.75". Edition of 370 copies. Paper $58.00. JNB Price $30.00<br />
This manual presents instruction and drawings for two methods of<br />
binding. In each, the signatures are sewn over leather strips and then pulled<br />
through the boards. Parts of the leather thongs are visible with each binding.<br />
The bindings use traditional binding techniques such as rounding & backing<br />
a spine and making a making a hollow. Includes 75 instructional drawings.<br />
The fore edge is not trimmed – there are uncut sheet that will need to be separated.<br />
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