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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Delighted !!
Recently, our staff completed work on a small edition in full morocco. The books capture a recounting of family history by Peter Antell. The design is simple yet elegant, reflecting the pride he took in preparing it. Needless to say, he was delighted with the result.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Holy Bible
The staff of Harcourt Bindery recently completed rebinding the 5 volume set of The Holy Bible published by Nonesuch Press. These wonderfully printed books have been rebound in full brown morocco in a style popular in the 18th century in tribute to the design of the text. The gold work is done by hand on these quarto-sized volumes.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Mother Goose
Everyone on the staff at the Harcourt Bindery was involved with producing this binding on L. Frank Baum's Mother Goose in Prose. Our client brought a book to us missing the spine, with damaged covers. We were able to make a new binding using onlaid pieces of multi-colored leathers to replicate the graphic design on the original cover. The original cloth covers were incorporated into the front and back covers of the slipcase which houses the new binding. We were able to replicate the original block gold titling from images of another book.
These onlaid bindings were popular in the 1920s, especially in England. They require special skills and are complicated technically to produce. However, the result is stunning and we are proud of the abilities of our staff.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sam Ellenport to Speak at the Museum of Printing on April 8
“A Book Binding Anomaly: Linked Spine Bindings”
18th Century Calf Bindings
These 18th century calf bindings represent recent work in full calf on a set of folio travel books. The bindings show an 18th century style with offsetting labels, richly gilt spine and Cambridge boards.
