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Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials
Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials
by Jeannine Stein
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Any booklover with the slightest inkling toward craftiness will swoon over the darling projects outlined in this book. Make a sharp-looking portfolio from vintage album covers, a paint-sample photo album, or a journal from a hot water bottle. (Far more... (read more)

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Non-Adhesive Binding: Books Without Paste or Glue, Vol. 1
Non-Adhesive Binding: Books Without Paste or Glue, Vol. 1
by Keith A. Smith
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Volume I is not only about how to bind a book, the first part of this text is about developing an approach to binding. Sewing a blank book or rebinding an existing one differs from creating a book of text and/or pictures. Here, binding should not be an... (read more)

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Books, Boxes, and Portfolios
Books, Boxes, and Portfolios
by Franz Zeier
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In this introduction to the techniques of bookbinding, Franz Zeier guides readers step-by-step through projects for making a variety of boxes, portfolios, book covers, photograph albums, mats, and sewn and... (read more)

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How to Make Books: Fold, Cut & Stitch Your Way to a One-Of-A-Kind Book
How to Make Books: Fold, Cut & Stitch Your Way to a One-Of-A-Kind Book
by Esther K. Smith
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With Smiths hands-on guide, readers can learn the art of making cloth books using techniques as simple as folding, cutting, and stitching.... (read more)

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Papermaking (85 Edition)
Papermaking (85 Edition)
by Dard Hunter
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Definitive book by foremost authority. Over 320 illustrations. Enlarged (1947) edition.... (read more)

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The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques
The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques
by Jane Laferla
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Every year Penland, the innovative school where crafters from around the world come to hone their skills, offers a master class in the art of bookmaking that’s simply without equal. Fortunately, it’s available to everyone, thanks to this... (read more)

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Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums
Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums
by Shereen Laplantz
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Even a beginner can start right out producing uniquely charming and elegant journals, albums, scrapbooks, and more. Envision handmade books to hold your writings, poems, photos, and keepsakes. More than 170 photos to inspire, and hundreds of... (read more)

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Indie Publishing: How to Design and Publish Your Own Book
Indie Publishing: How to Design and Publish Your Own Book
by Ellen Lupton
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Indie Publishinga (TM)s special focus on the visual design of books makes it unique among publish-it-yourself manuals. Readers are taken step-by-step through the process of designing a book to give it personal style as well as visual coherence and... (read more)

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Magic Books & Paper Toys: Flip Books, E-Z Pop-Ups & Other Paper Playthings to Amaze & Delight
Magic Books & Paper Toys: Flip Books, E-Z Pop-Ups & Other Paper Playthings to Amaze & Delight
by Esther K Smith
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Everyone loves a good book, but what’s better than one you’ve made by hand? And not just any straightforward book, but simple pop-up books, flip books, magic pamphlets, pop-up maps, and accordions! Esther K. Smith, author of How to Make Books,... (read more)

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The Craft of Bookbinding
The Craft of Bookbinding
by Manly Banister
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Profusely illustrated step-by-step guide enables you to rebind books, paperbacks, periodicals, more. Book sewing of all types (antique, flexible, lockstitch, whipstitch), plus how to make endpapers, attach headbands, case in, cover with cloth and... (read more)

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The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques
The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques
by Lark
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Every year Penland, the innovative school where crafters from around the world come to hone their skills, offers a master class in the art of bookmaking that's simply without equal. Now it's available to everyone, in a technical and inspirational guide... (read more)

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Journal Revolution: Rise Up and Create Art Journals, Personal Manifestos and Other Artistic Insurrections
Journal Revolution: Rise Up and Create Art Journals, Personal Manifestos and Other Artistic Insurrections
by Linda Woods
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In their best-selling debut Visual Chronicles, authors Linda Woods and Karen Dinino gave readers the no-fear guide to creating unique art journals. In Journal Revolution, they give readers new techniques and inspiration to rant, whisper, beg, stomp or... (read more)

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Bookcraft: Techniques for Binding, Folding, and Decorating to Create Books and More
Bookcraft: Techniques for Binding, Folding, and Decorating to Create Books and More
by Heather Weston
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Binding, folding, and decorating techniques to create beautiful artists' books and more From heirloom memories to unique journals, albums, and altered books--or simple tag books for your kids--Bookcraft contains all the skills you will ever need. Books... (read more)

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Zines Volume 1
Zines Volume 1
by V Vale
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This is the first comprehensive guidebook to the Zine Movement of self-publishing which started anew in the early 1990s, and continues with Internet blogs and publications like Found. Used in college classes, this how-to volume covers all aspects of self-... (read more)

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Chip Kidd: Book One -- Work: 1986-2006
Chip Kidd: Book One -- Work: 1986-2006
by Chip Kidd
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Described as the closest thing to a rock star in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd's iconic covers, with their... (read more)

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Making Books By Hand : a Step-by-step Guide (97 Edition)
Making Books By Hand : a Step-by-step Guide (97 Edition)
by Mary Mccarthy
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Clear illustrated step-by-step instructions demonstrate the art of making simple accordion and signature books, and help readers build their skills to make tied binding books and box books. Filled with design inspiration, resources, tips, and tricks for... (read more)

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Eco Books: Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin
Eco Books: Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin
by Terry Taylor
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Here are projects for the pages: 40 innovative book-making ideas using recycled and green materials More than just earth-friendly, they're also beautiful, clever, and witty, stitched with traditional binding techniques. Egg cartons, wood, beer cans, and... (read more)

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The Abbasid Tradition: Qua'rans of the 8th to the 10th Centuries AD.: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Volume 1
The Abbasid Tradition: Qua'rans of the 8th to the 10th Centuries AD.: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Volume 1
by Francois Deroche
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The Khalili Collection contains the largest and most comprehensive range of Qur'anic material in private hands. This, the first of four volumes devoted to the subject, covers the three major styles of Qur'anic calligraphy that came into existence before... (read more)

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500 Years of Book Design
500 Years of Book Design
by Alan Bartram
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Cleverly written and handsomely produced, this visual history of book design and production is intended for a wide audience--students of graphic design and the history of the book, bibliophiles, collectors, and all who are interested in the visual... (read more)

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500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form
500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form
by Lark Books
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Interest in bookbinding and the related arts has exploded in the past decade, inspiring artists to explore the unlimited possibilities of the form—and delighting collectors, crafters, and gallery owners. Lark’s Cover to Cover has been a... (read more)

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