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Bookforms: A complete guide to designing and crafting hand-bound books, from the Center for Book Arts

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Brought to you by the instructors at the Center for Book Arts,Â BookformsÂ is aÂ comprehensive guideÂ forÂ making books by handÂ with a focus on functionality in design.

Written by the experts at the Center for Book Arts in New York,Â BookformsÂ presents all the instructionÂ you need to craft by hand a comprehensive array of historic bookbinding stylesÂ from all over the world.Â BookformsÂ traces the functional roots of each structure, explains their appropriateness for various uses, and providesÂ projects for making an essential structure for each style of binding.

Topics covered include:

Why books work: General bookbinding principles for functionality and what we can learn from the pastÂ
What you need to know for planning a special book or embarking on an editionÂ
How materials affect function

BookformsÂ tackles a wide range of projects for all levels of bookbinders. You'll see everythingÂ from sewn and ticketed blank books andÂ traditional western codex book forms, to scrapbooks and albums, Asian stab-sewn bindings, unusual structures, and aesthetics/embellishments. What better time to dive into this venerable and unique hobby than now?