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Making Books by Hand: A Step-by-Step Guide

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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
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Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)

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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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