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Bookbinding
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 100 Highlights of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek 
 A digitized collection of manuscripts, printed works, bookbindings, and cartographic materials from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. From the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands). Available in Dutch and English. http://www.kb.nl/galerie/100hoogtepunten/index-en.html Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jan 6, 2006 Aspects of the Victorian Book
Detail-rich site that provides insight into the production and publishing of books in Britain during the 19th century. Includes signed articles with graphics on printing technology, illustration, lithography, wood-engraved illustration, photographically illustrated books, bookbindings, the novel, yellowbacks, penny dreadfuls, children's books, and magazines for women. Especially noteworthy is the section on the binding designs of John Leighton. From the British Library. http://www.bl.uk/collections/early/victorian/intro.html Topics: History By Place, Literature & Books, Media, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 7, 2006 The Book Arts Web
Home of the Book_Arts-L mailing list archive as well as a collection of links to pages on bookbinding, paper arts, calligraphy, conservation and repair, typography, and more. http://www.philobiblon.com/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Feb 6, 2005 Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
Online edition of "Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology," by Matt T. Roberts and Don Etherington, originally published in 1982. Searchable by keyword, and browsable by alphabet. Includes illustrations. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/don.html Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Aug 25, 2004 Hand Bookbindings: From Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious
Companion site to an exhibition on the "craft and art of binding books by hand" that ran in 2002-2003 at the Princeton University Library. Browse images of more than 200 books by categories such as endleaves, endbands, edge decoration, clasps and closures, gold tooling, and embroidered binding. Many of the sections include historical notes. http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/hb/index.html Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Mar 16, 2005 Judging A Book By Its Cover: Gold-Stamped Publishers' Bindings of the 19th Century
An exhibit of English and American 19th century book covers with gold-stamping, a process that "brought to the mass-produced book some of the prestige associated with gold-tooled leather bindings of the pre-industrial era." Browsable by topic (vignettes, traditional designs, classical motifs, coats of arms, Wild West, travel books, designer bindings). Also features a gallery of selected book spines. From New York's Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/gilded/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Libraries & Archives by Type, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jul 5, 2004 Library Binding Institute (LBI)
This organization "exists to ensure the highest standards in library binding and to create awareness that library binding is the best long-term collections maintenance preservation option." The site features standards and technical specifications for hardcover binding of paperback books and magazines, and material about possible revisions. Includes links to related sites. http://lbibinders.org Topics: Librarianship, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jul 6, 2006 Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books
This site provides a database of images of thousands of bookbindings. Browse by subject (including items such as color of binding or stamping), or search by keyword to see front and back covers, a spine image, endpapers, and a physical description of each book. Also includes brief biographies of selected designers. The project is a partnership of the University of Alabama University Libraries and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. http://bindings.lib.ua.edu Topics: Arts and Humanities, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 12, 2005 The San Francisco Center for the Book
This nonprofit organization is "devoted to teaching the many arts and crafts that go into making books (mostly) by hand." Site offers information about the center's public programs, classes (for example, artists' books and bookbinding), exhibitions, and resources (book arts tools and equipment exchange). Includes an online gallery of works from current and past shows at the center. http://www.sfcb.org Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 19, 2005 |
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