september 2011 update - John Neal, Bookseller

Bookbinding
B3400. Beautiful Bookbindings:
A Thousand Years of the
Bookbinder's Art by P.J.M.
Marks. 2011. 161pp. 8.5"x11".
Hardcover $49.95.
JNB Price $44.95
From exquisite
medieval
bookbindings made of
precious metals and jewels to the unique and highly
imaginative creations of contemporary bookbinders,
this book celebrates over 100 of the most
beautiful bookbindings of the last 1000 years. The
book focuses on the craft of hand-bookbinding.
Even with mass-produced trade binding (which
started in the Victoria era), the craft continued, and
the second half of the 20th century saw a significant
revival. The introduction provides an engaging
overview of the history and techniques of the craft
and of its most important practitioners. Fully
illustrated, the book is visually stunning, with
specially commissioned studio color photography.
The examples are from the collection of the British
Library. 160 color illustrations.
See pages 3-5, 18-20 of the Spring 2011 catalog from
more Bookbinding books and pages 21, 62-63 for
supplies.
B2961. The Book as Art:
Artists' Books from the
National Museum of Women
in the Arts by Krystyna
Wasserman , Johanna
Drucker, & Audrey Niffenegger.
2011. 208pp. 8.5"x11".
Paper $35.00.
JNB Price $29.95
Presents more than one
hundred artists’ books - volumes of
visual delight in a wide variety of forms.
These treasures of intricate craftsmanship will
inspire you and expand your creative vision of the
book. The beautifully photographed books are from
just over 100 nationally and internationally known
women book artists. Gain insight from the
accompanying comments from their creators and
the informative articles and the lively introduction.
B3395. Books and Journals:
20 Great Weekend Projects by
Constance E. Richards.
2000, 2011. 80pp. 8.5"x11".
Paper $9.95
This inexpensive book has
step-by-step instructions and
how-to photographs for simple
but not simplistic projects. Full
color throughout. Good for a budding bookbinder.
This is a reprint of Making Books and Journals: 20
Great Weekend Projects.
SPECIAL OFFER! Purchase a signed copy of Don Etherington’s Bookbinding & Conservation
(B3229, $49.95) and a copy of Fine Bookbinding with Don Etherington & Monique Lallier
(DVD50, $99) for only $123. You save $25.95 off the retail price when you purchase both.
Don Etherington & Monique Lallier
DVD50. Fine Bookbinding
with Don Etherington
& Monique Lallier. 2011.
Approx 240 min. DVD (Twodisc
Set). $99.00
Husband and wife team Don
Etherington & Monique
Lallier present, in complete
step-by-step detail, Fine Full-
Leather Binding With Raised
Bands (Etherington) and Design Binding With
Leather Inlays and Onlays in the French Tradition
(Lallier).Beginning with a text-block that is ready
to be covered, Don takes you through every step of
the process to achieve a fine, full-leather binding.
He shares all of his special techniques, including
his own for achieving smooth, beautiful leather
corners. Monique fully demonstrates and explains
her French-style leather inlays & onlays for design
binding. She demonstrates each and every step of
how to achieve truly beautiful designs in leather.
Current binders will enhance their craft by refining
their techniques and learning new methods.
For beginners, the DVDs teach you how to
completely cover a book in full-leather and create
beautiful multi-color leather inlays & onlays with
clear, straight-forward instruction.
B3229. Bookbinding &
Conservation: A
Sixty-Year Odyssey of Art
and Craft by Don
Etherington. 2010. 180pp.
8.5"x11". Hardcover. List
Price: $49.95. JNB $44.95
Don Etherington
began
bookbinding at the age of
thirteen and went on to study bookbinding and
design at the London School of Printing. This
autobiography takes you through his lifelong
journey of bookbinding and conservation,
including his teaching and his journey from
Europe to the US, where he became Training
Officer and Assistant Restoration Officer at the
Library of Congress in 1970. This account of his
personal and professional life includes his
generous contribution to the conservation effort in
Florence, Italy, following the great flood that
caused incredible damage to thousands of
books. Etherington's work can be found in
collections worldwide. Includes gallery of
Etherington's fine bindings.
This long-awaited DVD has FOUR
HOURS of how-to instruction!
t o l l f r e e: 800-369-9598 v w e b : www.j o h n n e a l b o o k s.com
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