Resources
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Instruction Booklets
Free for download, or available for (supportive) sale. The instruction booklets are now available as a PDF download (designed for 4-up printing--each page is 1/4 of an 8.5"x11" page).
- Making Recycled Paper with Sarcastic Wit (PDF)
- Paste Paper (PDF)
- Hand Made Felt (HTML)
- Japanese Stab Bindings (HTML)
Print copies are available for $10 each ($9.35 + GST).
Accordion-Style Books
- Drewes, Jeanne. 1996. Concertina Book Instructions
- Fox, Gabrielle. 2002. The Essential Guide to Making Handmade Books North Light Books
- Graeme. 2000. Accordion-Style Books
- Ikegami, Kojiro. 1986. Japanese Bookbinding: Instructions from a Master Craftsman Weatherhill
- Johnson, Pauline. 1963. Creative Bookbinding Dover Publications
- LaPlantz, Shereen. 2000. Cover to Cover Lark Books
- Lavador, Roberta. Gyromancy
- Rinehart, Ben. Pocket Accordions (PDF)
- Tourtillott, Suzanne. 2001. The New Photo Crafts Lark Books
Revival, Conservation and Restoration
- Banister, Manly. 1975. The Craft of Bookbinding. Dover Publications, Inc: New York
- Diehl, Edith. 1980. Bookbinding Its Background and Technique. Dover Publications, Inc: New York
- Grant, Richard. 2002. "About Paper Grain." Skin Deep. Autumn 2000, Volume 10 http://www.hewit.com/sd10-pape.htm
- Johnson, Arthur. 1978. The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding. Thames and Hudson: London
- Johnson, Pauline. 1963. Creative Bookbinding. Dover Publications Inc: New York
- Lewis, AW. 1957. Basic Bookbinding. Dover Publications, Inc: New York
- Tremmel Wilcox, Annie. 1999. A Degree of Mastery: A Journey Through Book Arts Apprenticeship. New Rivers Press: Moorhead, MN
- Watson, Aldren. 1986. Hand Bookbinding A Manual of Instruction. Dover Publications, Inc: New York