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Contains the entire contents of The Art of Bookbinding, published in London in 1897 and The Care of Books published in 1902.
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Online exhibition showcasing illustrated books in modern foreign languages from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries selected from the collections of the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges.
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Provides edition binding and library binding services.
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Background material to the development of book printing, type and the printing press. There are sections on both the fine printing of the private press movement and experimentation of book art.
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Provides resources for San Francisco area book artists, including a calendar, list of organizations, and directory of local stores and classes.
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Examining a Renaissance Italian Manuscript in the Computer Age.
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The yearly Book Arts Jam features the work of more than 50 book artists, zine publishers, letterpress printers, fine binders and printmakers. The Jam takes place every fall on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA.
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Reference site for all the book arts with tutorials, links, publications, galleries. Home page of the Book_Arts-L listserv.
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Contains photo-based bookworks and photographs by Canadian artist Peter Sramek, as well as his students and other artists.
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Paul Tronson, A master bookbinder, restores antiquarian books, bibles and objects to period using original tools and techniques.
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Annual touring exhibition of artist books, zines, and independent publications traveling by way of a vintage Airstream. Tour dates, gallery, and how to submit a piece.
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Handcrafted wooden-bound books and albums, some inset with an ammonite or Whitby jet.
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Boxcar Press publishes letterpress printed books and broadsides. Offers printing and photopolymer services to meet the needs of artists, designers, and others who love fine printing.
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Offers handbound leather books.
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A searchable site includes an online letterpress museum and glossary, free downloadable eps images, and a directory of resources.
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Features the flower-shaped books the Bay Area Book Artists (BABA) made for a bridal wedding bookquet.
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Paper and book making resources, news, supplies, information, tools, techniques, and artists.
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Founded in 1974 by book artist Richard Minsky, the Center for the Book Arts is a nonprofit organization “dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of bookmaking, as well as exploring and encouraging contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object.” The Web site offers information about the organization’s artist-in-residence program and chapbook competition, as well as center news and events, membership information, exhibition archives and publications, listings of over 100 workshop opportunities, and additional book arts links.
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Internet community of collectors, dealers, creators and lovers of the fine publishing arts.
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A weblog by Lew Jaffe about collecting bookplates. Their design, history, and information about bookplates.
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Conservation OnLine (CoOL), a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, cover a wide spectrum of topics of interest to professionals involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
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Bookbinding design and restoration of books as well as preservation and presentation of important documents.
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This magazine’s site provides a helpful online resource guide of further information and Web links for each published issue. Although the full text of articles is not available online, the site does feature listings of article topics, tables of contents for issues, and back issue and subscription information.
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Don Drake of Dreaming Mind creates unique handmade journals, albums, guest books, and appointment books. Creator of the True Step binding system.
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Handcrafted notebooks, journals, and photographs. Hardcover books plus books with leather and wooden covers. Located in Bellingham, Washington.
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Publisher of books and editions of French and English poetry.
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Foolscap Press is a small letterpress printing, hand binding and publishing company. We publish limited edition hand made books and do custom printing, binding and portfolio case construction.
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Design bookbindings and artist's books by Mia Leijonstedt. Finely bound books for book collectors. Book arts courses and workshops.
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This site offers artists' books created by two contemporary visual artists based in Melbourne, Australia.
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A gallery and shop featuring hand-bound books and other items created by gracie sparkles, a journalism student, bookbinder and printmaker from Ohio.
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Handmade books and blank books, bound by hand in three styles (Japanese Binding).
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Site highlighting the work, activities, and projects of a private press in the San Francisco Bay Area which focuses on letterpress printing with handpresses, unique editions, and hand bookbinding.
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Handmade by Debora Dormody at a small bindery in Rhode Island.
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A small, private press that prints limited-edition books by letterpress using a platen press and binds them by hand. Their books are usually illustrated, either with wood engravings or cuts, linocuts or line blocks, and are often hand-coloured with stencils
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A gallery of installation, rebound, and altered books using a variety of materials and binding techniques.
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Lark Sparrow is a private press dedicated to contemporary works of fiction and poetry.
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Contents of The Printed Book by Harry G. Aldis Cambridge at the University Press printed in 1916.
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Specializes in the restoration and repair of books. Also offers bookbinding, box making and blank books and journals.
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Tips and projects for teachers, parents, and children.
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Paper engineer, Mark Hiner, shows examples of his pop-ups and interactive books. Includes a short history of pop-ups and how to make pop-up books.
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Limited edition printed letterpress from metal types on mouldmade and handmade papers with emphasis on hand techniques, high standards in craft, and harmony of design and text.
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Custom printing and publishing of small press books using paper from local fibers. Also offers invitations and stationery, flyers, and other creative printing products.
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Website devoted to the history of what is described as "the first significant private press in America." Includes a biography of its founder, information on notable exhibitions and collections of Mosher Press editions, and other information valueable to collectors of rare books.
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Gromadzi dobra kultury technicznej w zakresie drukarstwa, papiernictwa i introligatorstwa.
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Fine letterpress printers serving the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We print stationery, invitations and artists' books.
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Resources and inspiration for artists and other specialists working in the fields of papermaking, printmaking, book design, letterpress, traditional/contemporary bookbinding, artists' books, and related endeavors.
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Handmade books and boxes made by book artist Joanne Kluba. Products include handmade wedding albums, artist's and photographer's portfolios, custom presentation boxes, limited edition books, custom photo albums, memory boxes, all occasion hand-lettered calligraphy, handcrafted memory albums, Lewis and Clark journals, keepsake boxes, and personalized journals.
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Art Conservation/Restoration for paintings, paper, books, and photographs in San Francisco Bay area. Artist's books and fabric art created by Peng Peng Wang.
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An exhibition of artists' books from the collection of the University of Delaware's Special Collections Department. The web exhibit mirrors an actual exhibition on view from January 15 until June 9, 2002.
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Priscilla Foster handmade books handcrafts fine custom scrapbooks, photo albums, wedding albums, baby books, writing journals and other custom albums.
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Gallery of handbound artist and illustrated books.
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A literary fine art press, publishes contemporary literature, poetry and fiction in hand bound, letterpress limited editions.
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Conserving works in paper.
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Miniature books, travel books, etchings, botanical books, illustrated books, copper plate printing, gocco, linocut, watercolors, art. Also has a selection of book arts links.
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Being created by scribes in a scriptorium in Wales, the St. John's Bible will be the first handwritten, illuminated Bible in the modern era.
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Ukulele Books features a series of 25 artist books made out of ukuleles by Peter and Donna Thomas