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Author: Laura S. Young
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1884718108

Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand: A Working Guide

This book is designed as a working guide in the field of hand bookbinding and book conservation. Get Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand computer books for free.
It is intended as a practical manual for teachers and their students; as an instruction guide to be followed by the beginner attempting to learn binding on his or her own; and as a ready reference for experienced binders, book collectors, book dealers, and librarians. Hand bookbinding in the United States has been influenced primarily by the English, French, and German schools of binding. The techniques described in this volume follow in principle the German school and, to the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first book in which these binding practices have appeared in English. German techniques move in a logical sequence and can be executed Check Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.