Society of Bookbinders Journal 2023

Contents:
Ira Yonemura: London Centre For Book Arts
Daniel Wray | Pauline Leclercq | Jeanette Koch: The Bindery
Kaori Maki: Leather Onlays
Holly Smith: Exchequer Exhibits
Elizabeth Semper O'Keefe: The Bookbinder Behind the Bindings
Mitchel Gundrum | Jane Knoll: The American Scaleboard Binding
Simon Eccles | Neale M. Albert: The Collectors
Hannah Brown: St James Park Press
Anna GaIlwey: Conserving Embossed Spine Designs
Katerina Kelsey: Book Review - Conservation of Books
Recent Bindings: Glenn Malkin | Aoife Higgins | Hannah Brown | Dimitris Koutsipetsidis | Shepherds Sangonki & Sutcliffe

 

Only £18.00

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Bargain Basement

We are pleased to announce that we have just added several selections of exciting items to our 'Bargain Basement'.

These items are selling quickly, so please do not hesitate! All items may be viewed and purchased here.

Fine Bookbinding by Jen Lindsay

This is the revised 2nd edition of this popular, long out-of-print book by the highly respected bookbinder, scholar, and teacher.

Fine Bookbinding - A Technical Guide is a unique bookbinding manual that guides you through each stage of making a book bound in leather; a 'fine'binding. It is designed to be used as you work and explanations of the process are followed by instructions with photographs or diagrams of how to do it.

About the Author - Jen Lindsay has taught bookbinding and lectured on the history of books at Roehampton Institute, West London and the City Literary Institute, Covent Garden, London. She was previously editor of The New Bookbinder

Hardback, 213 pages, 220 x 262mm, multiple b/w Illustrations

 

Only £55.00

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The Society of Bookbinders Competition, 2024

The J. Hewit & Sons Award for Excellence in Design
Winner Celia Dominguez Fontan, Spain

La Guerra Hermandina
by José Couselo - Bouzas/Editorial Maxtor 2003
"Full goatskin binding crackled and dyed. Incisions paints with acrylics and mosaics of the same leather and techniques. Leather endbands. Fore-edges painted with aniline dyes."

 

J Hewit & Sons Award for Craftsmanship
Winner Rahel Scheufele, Switzerland

Mandrgora
by Rike Wankmüller and Erika Zeise - Mandragora Verlag
"French binding with open-hinge, covered with self-made papers."

 

Our warmest congratulations go to Celia and Rahel

Wooden Equipment

We are really pleased to announce that we have found a wonderful carpenter to produce our wooden equipment and that all items are now back in stock.

All items may be viewed and purchased here.

The Society of Bookbinders Competition Catalogue, 2024

We are pleased to announce that the Society's 2024 competition Catalogue is now available to purchase.This is the revised 2nd edition of this popular, long out-of-print book by the highly respected bookbinder, scholar, and teacher.

21cm x 30cm - 67 full colour pages

 

Only £22.50

The new catalogue may be ordered Online - Click Here

(subject to shipping charges where applicable)

Craft Safety Rule

Our popular Aluminium Craft Safety Ruler, is now available in 45cm. Light weight with a folding safety guard and rubber-grip base. Graduated in centimetres and inches - 30cm (12") and 45cm (18").

Features:
- The flip up safety guard keeps fingers safer and out of the way while measuring or straight line cutting.
- The base, is fitted with a heavy-duty, non-slip backing to help prevent slippage when cutting.

Bonnie Geal Goat

This exciting new leather is made from Pakistani goatskins embossed with either a Cape Levant or Straight Grain assisted grain. The fully vegetable tanned leather is aniline dyed and is hand polished to give a very attractive two-tone finish, highlighting the distinct grain pattern.

Average Skin Size: 0.70 - 0.84m² (7½ - 9ft²)
Approx. Cut Size: 70 x 59cm
Standard Substance: 0.8mm
Colors available: 5 vibrant shades
Grains available: 2 embossings
Grades: I and II

The lovely Bonnie Geal Goat may be ordered Online - Click Here

(subject to shipping charges and VAT where applicable)

Bookbinding Kits

We're excited to announce the launch of our new bookbinding kits!

These kits include all the materials, pre-cut to size, to make a casebound book, along with the essential tools needed to assemble it. There are 7 different designs to choose from, all made using different combinations of the materials available from our shop, and each design can be ordered individually, letting you collect the whole series. These kits are a fun activity to do with family or friends, and can make the perfect gift for those crafty people in your life!

   

We teamed up with Gillian Stewart from JuJu Books, a Scottish-based prize-winning bookbinder, to make these kits. Gillian lent us her bookbinding expertise to help design the kits, and her step-by-step video tutorial will guide you through the process until you have your very own handmade book!

The bookbinding kits can be pre-ordered on our shop now, with shipping beginning in mid-November.