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QBG Library - History and Journal Articles

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Ref. Title Publisher Date Author Synopsis
D1 Craft Australia Craft Council of Australia Spring 1982    
D2 Craft Australia Craft Council of Australia Winter 1984   Article on Designer Bindings, International Bookbinding Exhibition Europe/Australia. See F8
D3 Craft Australia Craft Council of Australia Winter 1987   Article on Ron Eadie, fine Victorian binder
D5 Irish Bookbindings Irish Heritage Series 1976 Craig, Maurice Brief history from 17th Century to Early 19th Century. Profusely illustrated.
D6 The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Colonial Williamsburg 1978 Ford, Thomas K. Pamphlet explaining life in the Williamsburg Museum at that time. There are good references here for further reading
D7 Books: Their history, art, power, glory, infamy and suffering according to their creators, friends and enemies Phaidon 1981 Donaldson, Donald A light hearted collection of literary snippets
D9 The Book: The story of printing & bookmaking illustrated Oxford 1978 Mc Murtrie, Douglas The history of books, printing, printers, illustrations, typography and bookbinding. Illustrations are in black and white and it has a excellent bibliography.
D10 The History of Decorated Bookbinding in England Clarenden 1992 Nixon, Howard & Foot, Mirjam From the Stonyhurst Gospel 698 A.D. to the present day. Profusely illustrated with plates in black and white and colour
D11 Great Books and Book Collections Chancellor 1975 Thomas, Alan G. Good popular history of books up to the nineteenth century. Private press books, first editions, fakes and forgeries, great book collectors
D12 Victoria and Albert Museum bookbindings Her Majesty Stationery Office 1980 Harthan, John P. The introduction traces the development of bookbinding design. An illustrated account of bookbinding design through the ages follows. Plates of bindings are in black and white and colour 
D13 A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique Holland Press 1988 Middleton, Bernard A wealth of historical and technical data from the earliest times to present day. Also covers the development of the bookbinding trade. A 'must for anyone repairs old books or interested in their background.
D14 ABC for Book Collectors  Knoff 1991 Carter, John An invaluable dictionary of terms used in book collecting in common with bookbinding
D15 Publisher's Cloth: An Outline History of Publisher's Binding in England 1820-1900 University Microfilms Ltd. 1970 Carter, John A history of cloth binding in England.
D16 New Directions in Bookbinding Studio Vista 1974 Smith, Philip Arguably one of the most influential books on post-war fine binding. It covers the work of many outstanding binders, as well as detailing with many clear drawings, the structures of his own books. Excellent treatment of unorthodox headbands, boxes, three piece bindings, complex joints, tooling, sewing etc. Very inspiring.
D17 Towards Today’s Book: Progress in 19th Century Britain   1997 Chick, Arthur History of paper making, printing, engraving, leather and cloth binding, mechanization, etc. A wealth of historical information.
D18 Bookbinding: Its Background and Technique Dover 1980 Diehl, Edith The book is 2 volumes bound as 1, originally published in 1946. Starting with primitive records and ancient book forms, the development of books is traced through middle ages, renaissance and modern times. The book also describes bookbinding practices and national styles of book decoration.
D19 A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique Holland Press 1988 Middleton, Bernard See synopsis for D13
D20 Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding Thames & Hudson 1989 Dunian, Alistair and De Bartha, Georges This fine book is a beautifully illustrated study of bookbinding in France between 1880 and 1940. It contains 252 illustrations, 202 of them in colour.
D21 The World of the Book Miegunyah Press 2007 Cowley, Des and Williamson, Clare Beautifully illustrated book featuring great books and publishing innovations of the past and present, also sheer beauty of books as objects to be treasured and desired.
D22 Maureen Duke Bookbinder Teacher Friend University of Chichester 2008 Several authors and Univ. of Chichester Otter Memorial Paper pays tribute to Maureen Duke, aged 80 years, President of the Society of Bookbinders. The book includes a biography and articles on this famous binder.
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