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Book Review Fine Binding in America.

This book is in the Betteridge collection, and it has migrated to the top of the “Reading in Pandemic” pile.

 After a while I realized that the Club Bindery was in fact a business not a “club” as we normally understand the term, and far from being Fine binding in America, its really the history of the operations of the Club Bindery. Alas, I will never be part of the “club” who could use its services.

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Bookbinding in Lockdown

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Ahhhh. The Lockdown  version 4,5,6. What to do?  Embark on those projects that don't do well in fits and starts but need dedicated time. Let me see what I will choose.

Reliable Poultry Journal 38 volumes 1894 to 1931.  Volumes 2-11 are ok just need cleaning, Volumes 31-38 need new hinge reinforcement.  All the rest need rebinding.

 The good the bad and the ugly.

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  1. Discoveries in Bookbinding
  2. Reading Instructions in the library
  3. With Apologies to Woolnough the 2020 binding Challenge
  4. A Tribute to Maurice Betteridge
  5. Bookbinding Victoria Classes and Workshops

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