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Title: Making Books by Hand: A Step-by-Step Guide by Mary McCarthy, Philip Manna ISBN: 1-56496-675-5 Publisher: Rockport Publishers Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A direct, to-the-point, "user friendly" instructional guide
Comment: The collaborative effort of self-employed book artist Mary McCarthy and educator/writer Philip Manna, Making Books By Hand: A Step-By-Step Guide is a direct, to-the-point, "user friendly" instructional guide to the art and craft of creating beautiful and useful scrapbooks, photo albums, diaries, blank books, and more. Full-color photographs illustrate each part of the process of crafting accordion art books, photo albums, box books, scrolls, etc. Making Books By Hand is commended as being first-rate guidebook for those interested in cultivating their skill in a unique and satisfying hobby, or who want to make exceptional and memorable gifts for friends and loved ones.
Rating: 4
Summary: Nice photos, good instruction for simple projects
Comment: This is a great book for any beginning bookbinder. The entire book features full-color photos with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for many simple, but beautiful and impressive looking projects.
First, materials and how to use them are covered. There are clear photos of all the materials. Then, the author demonstrates how to make corners for 3 different types of paper.
Next, instructions are given for making several accordion books, a pamphlet stitch journal with either a soft or hard cover, a tied-binding album, & a post album. Two gorgeous box books, & a scroll are also demonstrated.
There is a wonderful gallery in the back that really helped spark my creativity. Contact information on all the contributors is also included. A resource list and other suggested readings are a great bonus.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good information but the illustrated pictures are too small
Comment: The information provided is informative for a beginner. However, the MAJOR drawback was that the pictures illustrating the techniques were much too small. Hence, it was difficult following the instructions cause I couldn't see exactly what the author was doing.
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Title: Bookworks: Books, Memory and Photo Albums, Journals, and Diaries Made by Hand by Sue Doggett ISBN: 0823004910 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Essential Guide to Making Handmade Books: Gabrielle Fox by Gabrielle Fox ISBN: 1581800193 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Art & Craft of Handmade Books: New Ideas and Innovative Techniques by Shereen LaPlantz ISBN: 1579904386 Publisher: Lark Books Pub. Date: 28 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Making Journals by Hand: 20 Creative Projects for Keeping Your Thoughts by Jason Thompson ISBN: 1564966763 Publisher: Rockport Publishers Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Hand Bookbinding : A Manual of Instruction by Aldren A. Watson ISBN: 048629157X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 02 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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