This is a restoration project for the Strathmore Vanderbilt Country Club in Manhasset, NY. It consisted in replacing old fake leather spines on a door panel in their library with new one, including gilt titles and decorations. Click here to see more examples.
Art deco type binding for a book made from scratch as a sort of scrap book. It contains newspaper and internet articles, documents, pictures relating to the young woman whose picture is inserted in the cover. In addition to the picture, the cover features two colors of morocco leather, a strip of marbled paper and two golden lines as accent. The end papers are made of the same marbled paper as on the covers. The spine features raised bands, a golden title, and golden accents. Click here to see more examples.
See some of the tools of the trade involved in the binding of a book from start to finish. Click here for a quick tour.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper was a news magazine founded in 1852 with continued publication well into the 20th century. At the start of the Civil War, its circulation had reached 164,000 and was also published in German. Click here to see their illustrations and woodcuts
See some fine examples of hand-stitched, hand-dyed leather covers and spines from the Golden Age of bookbinding.