Helpful Books About Binding, Books, and Printing

Compiled by John Risseeuw, Arizona State University


Non-Adhesive Binding: Books Without Paste or Glue, Keith Smith, Sigma Foundation, 1990

Non-Adhesive Binding Vol. 2, Keith Smith, Sigma Foundation, 1995

Non-Adhesive Binding Vol. 3: Exposed Spine Sewings, Keith Smith, Sigma Foundation, 1996

Bookbinding for Book Artists
, Keith Smith, Keith Smith Books, 1998

Basic Bookbinding, Aldren Watson, Bell Publishing, 1963

Books, Boxes, and Portfolios: Binding, Construction and Design, Step-by-Step
, Franz Zeier, Design Books, 1990

Cover to Cover
, Shereen LaPlantz, Lark Books, 1995

Creating Handmade Books
, Alisa Golden, Sterling Publishing Co., 1998

Creative Bookbinding
, Pauline Johnson, University of Washington Press, 1969, Dover, 1993

The Design of Books
, Adrian Wilson, Peregrine Smith, 1974, Chronicle Books, 1993

The Essential Guide to Making Handmade Books
, Gabrielle Fox, North Light Books, 2000

Hand-Made Books: An Introduction to Bookbinding
, Rob Shepherd, Search Press, 1995

How to Make Your Own Books and Boxes: Portfolios, Photograph Albums and Decorative Paper
s, Peter Baumgartner, 1997

Japanese Bookbinding, Kojiro Ikegami, Weatherhill, 1986

Making Books by Hand, Mary McCarthy & Philip Manna, Rockport Pub., 2000

More Making Books by Hand: Exploring Miniature Books
, Peter & Donna Thomas, Quarry Books, 2004

Paper Engineering for pop-up books and cards
, Mark Hiner, Tarquin Publications, 1985

The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding
, Arthur Johnson, Thames & Hudson, 1978

Artist's Books; A Critical Antholog
y, Joan Lyons, Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1986

Artists’ Books: A Critical Survey of the Literature
, Stefan Klima, Granary Books, 1998

Beauty and the Book: Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America
, Megan Benton, Yale Univ. Press, 2000

The Book Maker’s Desire, Buzz Spector, Umbrella Editions, 1995

A Century of Artists Books, Riva Castleman, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1994

The Century of Artist’s Books, Johanna Drucker, Granary Books, 1995

Creating Artist’s Books, Sarah Bodman, Watson-Guptill, 2005

The Cutting Edge of Reading: Artists’ Books, Renée Riese Hubert & Judd D. Hubert, Granary Books, 1999

Encyclopedia of the Book, Geoffrey A. Glaister, Oak Knoll Press & the British Library, 1996

No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America 1960-1980
, Betty Bright, Granary Books, 2005

The Structure of the Visual Book, Keith Smith, revised ed., Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1992

Breaking the Bindings: American Book Art Now
, exhibition catalog, Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1983

The First Decade — Center for Book Arts, exhibition catalog, Center for Book Arts, 1984

Two Decades of Hamady and the Perishable Press Limited
, exh. catalog, Perishable Press, 1984

Book Arts USA, exhibition catalog and video, Center for Book Arts, New York, 1990

Completing the Circle: Artist’s Books on the Environment
, exhibition catalog, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1992

The Art of the Book and the Book Arts Press
, exhibition catalog, Upper Arlington (Ohio) Municipal Center,1994

Dressing the Text::The Fine Press Artists’ Book
, exhibition catalog, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, 1995

Science and the Artist’s Book
, exhibition checklist, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1995

"Artists' Books." Art Papers, Atlanta, GA, May and June 1990

Introduction to Printing: The Craft of Letterpress, Herbert Simon, Faber & Faber, 1968

Designing with Type: A basic course in typography, James Craig, Watson-Guptill, 1971

Finer Points in Spacing and Arrangement of Type, Geoffrey Dowding, Hartley & Marks, 1993

Printing on the Iron Hand Press, Richard-Gabriel Rummonds, Oak Knoll Press & the British Library, 1998

Printing Types: An Introduction, Alexander Lawson, Beacon Press, 1971

The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography
, Ruari McLean, Thames and Hudson, 1980

Type and Typefaces
, J. Ben Lieberman, Myriade Press, 1978
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