Bindings for single books
or short-run editions
Book Binding Examples
1. Presentation book. Vellum and goatskin of various colors. Handwritten titling.
2. Guest book. Moire acetate, beads.
3. Guest book. Cloth covering material photocopy printed and hand colored.
4. Sewing eprocess of St.John’s Bible, an early presentation model.
5. “Babe”. Special binding containing Nanopods with unique text.
6. “Babe”. Showing ‘puckered’ goatskin covering and tooling.
Calligraphy by Judy Dodds.
Wire edge binding. Endsheets.
7. A binding for a student’s portfolio. Articulating cloth and leather-covered structure.
8. Student portfolio shown closed.
9. A family archive. Full Black goatskin, recessed panel for label.
10. Open Book donors book. ‘Puckered’ beige goatskin, a snap closure flap.
11. Open Book donors. Another view
12. Open Book donors. Another view.
13. St. Victoria Catholic Church history. Full Goatskin, two colors, gilding.
14. St. Victoria Catholic Church.
15. Cosmolographica. Hand written book. Alum tawed goat over sculpted boards.
16. Cosmolographica.
17. Cosmolographica
18. Cambridge style binding for a family history.
19. Camkbridge style binding. Calfskin.
20. World-Weary Men. Hand written book. Carved walnut boards (woodcarving by Kathy Hansen)
21. World-Weary Men.
22. Guest book. Blue and pink goatskin, puckered. Painted reliefs form M&M’s.
23. Guest book.
24. Award folio. Goatskin with red leather onlay.
25. Award folio.
26. An MCBAA Winter Book. Vellum and blue wilk with recessed label.
27. Design binding. Terracotta goat with blind tooling and colored onlays.
28. Everyday Magic. An MCBA Winter Book. Book-door structure contains “bag” with text pages.
29. Everyday Magic. MCBA Winter Book.
30. Award folio recessed label.
31. Student portfolio with foredge flap.
32. A variety of blank books. Quarter leather, linene sides, with leather onlays. onlays.
33. Quarter leather blank book.
34. An MCBA Winter Book. Barnwood, leather, vellum strap ties.
35. Quarter linen, marbled paper sides.
36. Ignited. Laurel Poetry Collective poems. Alum goat, under-lays of colored silk, silk-wrapped cord attached to boards.
37. Minneapolis Central Library donor book
38. Minneapolis Central Library donor book.
39. Miniature book. 2.5″ x 1.5″
40. Miniature book. 2.5″ x 1.5″
