A Guide to Creating Hand-Crafted Books

This definitive manual for creating hand-bound books was created by the London Centre for Book Arts, a recognized, artist-run, open-access studio at the forefront of the book-craft community.

Making Books: A Guide to Creating Handcrafted Books offers beginners and advanced artists alike a comprehensive overview of the tools, principles, and techniques used in hand bookbinding.

Through hundreds of vibrant photographs and clear illustrations showing step-by-step instructions, Making Books leads readers through six bookbinding projects, from pamphlets and concertinas to multisection case bindings, for aspiring binders to learn and master.

Cover design by Paul Wagner

Published by the London Centre for Book Arts, 2017

Hardcover, 192 pages, full color, 7.75 × 10 inches

ISBN: 978-1-61-689631-7