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Description
Learn how to create a range of beautiful and unique handbound books that feel lovely to hold and are a joy to use.
In this book, learn how to make a range of beautiful handbound books with step-by-step instructions. Starting with an overview of basic bookbinding tools, discover what materials should be used depending on the book you would like to produce, and get advice on grain direction, gluing, folding and trimming.
Each project comes with illustrations of the author's work for that specific structure, including the use of alternative materials for additional inspiration. Follow advice on drawing, collaging, collecting ephemera, preserving memories and displaying photographs in your finished product and understand how to appreciate your work and fill those pages – yes, it's beautiful, but not too beautiful to use!
From sketchbooks, envelopes and journals to concertina and Japanese-style binding, find out what makes the perfect book for you. Whether you are a bookbinding novice or an experienced binder, this is an essential book to start learning or perfecting your skills.
Table of Contents
2. Buttoned-up Elegant Envelope Booklet
3. A Trio of Enveloping Techniques
4. Buttonhole-stitch Binding
5. Introduction to Gluing Happiness
6. Chic Cambridge Suite
7. A Trio of Concertina Techniques
8. Screw-post Album with See-through Window
9. Long-stitch-link-stitch Binding with Hand-folded Envelopes
10. Triptych of Coptic-stitch Bindings
11. Case-binding
12. TBC
13. TBC
Product details
| Published | 03 Nov 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781789942385 |
| Imprint | Herbert Press |
| Dimensions | 280 x 216 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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