0.itemzero, the Portuguese book design company awarded for its innovative and top-quality products, has announced the launch of The Book Box – a versatile tool designed for brainstorming, ...

Join us on Thursday, October 22nd from 5 to 6 pm for a Bookbinding Basics workshop with local artist Woody Leslie. The workshop covers the building blocks of bookbinding, focusing on the pamphlet ...

When my son Douglas was very young, one of our bonding rituals was reading. He learned to read at an early age but always enjoyed curling up next to me or having me read to him by the side of the bed ...

Think HGTV, but for books: A novel gets torn apart, its cover ripped away. Then, in mere minutes — with some glue, a utility knife, cardboard and cloth — it gets a spiffy new look. Inspired by process ...

First comes a love of books. Great patience and skill is required to restore old books, but equally important is the belief that each one is a work of art. The women who run the Atelier Devauchelle in ...

The Library Company notes that the bindings “appeared on American books only briefly — around 1850-55 — a time of increasingly elaborate book cover decoration.” The use of inlaid shell on books wasn’t ...

In January of 1869, Dr. John Stockton Hough stooped over an autopsy table to examine the emaciated corpse of Mary Lynch. When Dr. Hough opened Lynch's chest cavity to inspect her tuberculosis-wracked ...

SCNHREF copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. "This new book provides guidance on recognising and dating English bindings of the handpress period, from the middle of the fifteenth century to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 9: Judith Sims makes a book during a book binding class at San Francisco Center for the Book in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay ...