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Interviews | October 6, 2009

Jill Owens: IMG The Powells.com Interview with Margaret Atwood

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margaretatwoodIn her 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood describes a future after humanity had been almost entirely wiped out by a plague. Jimmy, aka Snowman, lives... Continue »
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    The Year of the Flood

    Margaret Atwood
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The Complete Book of Bookbinding

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Students, teachers, fine arts professionals, crafts aficionados, art historians, restorers, and bibliophiles: the list of people who will appreciate the beauty of this extraordinary summary of bookbinding techniques is endless. Written by a professor of bookbinding at the Escola d’Arts i Oficis in Barcelona, it provides a precise, systematic, and fully illustrated approach to the craft. Everything is covered in marvelous detail: tools and materials, the parts of the book and the binding, and protective features. Handsome ideas for decorating the cover (stamping, gilding, engraving) abound, as do suggestions for restoration. Eight specific and extremely detailed projects for binding form the heart of the volume, which includes binding in fabric, making a jacket with flaps for graphic works, and constructing a leather-trimmed slipcase.

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Zev2b, September 8, 2007 (view all comments by Zev2b)
Fantastic book! Great discriptions. Even very complicated aspects of bookbinding were made easy to understand.
The one aspect which could be improved would be its assumption regarding the reader's workshop. More information about ways of compensating for lack of specific tools would have been helpful.
Still, over all, wonderful!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781579906467
Publisher:
Lark Books
Subject:
Bookbinding
Author:
Cambras, Josep
Subject:
Book Printing & Binding
Publication Date:
20041101
Binding:
HC
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
12.12x9.30x.72 in. 2.40 lbs.
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