Re: [BKARTS] Resources for Civil War era bindings

[Alan Shalette <alshal@xxxxxxx>]

Chad:

Not sure what sort of details you're looking for, but I can
suggest the following online resources having to do
chiefly with bookbinding cover designs over time:

Alan Shalette

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Cover Story:   19th Century Cloth Book Covers
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/baldwin/covers/coverstory.htm


American Decorated Publishers' Bindings, 1872-1929
by Richard Minsky
http://minsky.com/pub-dec-other.htm


UNT Libraries Rare Book & Texana Collections,
Victorian Bookbinding Exhibit
http://www.library.unt.edu/rarebooks/exhibits/binding/default.htm


Judging a Book by Its Cover
Gold-Stamped Publishers' Bindings
of the 19th Century
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/gilded/



Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815 - 1930: The Art of Books
http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/


Hand Bookbindings Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious
http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/hb/hb.html



Beauty for Commerce: Publishers' Bindings, 1830-1910
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?page=3352


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad Pastotnik" <chad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: Resources for Civil War era bindings





> I'm nearing the production stage of a new book I am printing of
> letters between three brothers during the American Civil War. It is
> all previously unpublished work and the author is interested in doing
> a "period style" binding. Being far removed from a library with
> adequate collections dating from the period I'm at a bit of a loss,
> torn between my own aesthetic and knowledge of that time period in
> american binding in general though I've repaired plenty of crappy
> bibles from that time. Can anyone direct me to a online resource that
> might depict some binding structures? I've googled away the last
> couple hours and not found anything so far.
>
> This is a limited edition of 100 books, 74 printed on Fox River Teton
> and 26 on Frankfort via letterpress in handset and Intertype Garamond
> with a page size of 6 1/4 x 9 1/2" and about 80 pages.
>
> The Fox River part of the edition is where I've got design questions
> regarding how far over to bring the quarter binding from the spine
> and what might be appropriate. The materials selected are a gray
> buckram and blue Hahnemuhle Bugra.
>
> The part of the edition printed on Frankfort will be gray Harmatan
> goat in a half binding with the same blue Bugra covering the
> remainder of the boards. Both binding versions will be foiled in copper.
>
> Thanks in advance for any possible leads,
>
> Chad
> _____________________________
>
> Chad Pastotnik
> Deep Wood Press 231.587.0506
> http://www.deepwoodpress.com
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