Classic rounded back binding is the epitome of a sturdy binding that holds up well against the ravages of time/use and will be the featured binding of this post. This post also marks the last installment of my series about examples of bindings found in Gleeson Library’s Rare Book Room. Thanks to John Hawk, Head of … Continue reading Classic Rounded Back Binding
This is part three in a series of four blog posts about types of bindings found in the Rare Book Room at Gleeson Library. John Hawk, Head of Special Collections, was nice enough to pull some examples for these blog posts. This week I will discuss flat back hard case binding. To me, flat back … Continue reading Flat Back Hard Case Binding
Picking up where I left off last week, I write now to present examples of limp vellum bindings held in Gleeson Library’s Rare Book Room. I met with John Hawk, Head of Special Collections, to see examples of four types of bindings: coptic binding, limp vellum binding, flat back hard case binding, and classic rounded … Continue reading Limp Vellum Binding
This past April, I took the Bookbinding Core Certificate Program at the San Francisco Center for the Book, in where I learned how to bind books in four distinct styles: • coptic binding • limp vellum binding (or limp parchment) • flat back hard case binding • classic rounded back cloth or leather binding (with … Continue reading Coptic Book Binding
