Book Arts

About Bookbinding
Contains the entire contents of The Art of Bookbinding, published in London in 1897 and The Care of Books published in 1902.
http://www.aboutbookbinding.com

Accent on Images
Online exhibition showcasing illustrated books in modern foreign languages from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries selected from the collections of the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges.
http://voxlibris.claremont.edu/sc/exhibits/accent/Lo_AccentonImages.htm

Acme Bookbinding
Family owned full service bindery business based in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Sells bindery, digital, and custom bindery services.
http://www.acmebook.com/

Artists Books
Background material to the development of book printing, type and the printing press. There are sections on both the fine printing of the private press movement and experimentation of book art.
http://www.aragopress.arago.co.uk/

Bay Area Book Arts
Provides resources for San Francisco area book artists, including a calendar, list of organizations, and directory of local stores and classes.
http://sfbookarts.com/

Binding Time and Space
Examining a Renaissance Italian Manuscript in the Computer Age.
http://loki.stockton.edu/~kinsellt/litresources/binding/latin13/intro.html

Book Art Museum
Publisher of rare and artistic books, collection of old printing machines and equipment, paper mill, typefoundery, exhibitions, educational programs. In English and Polish.
http://www.book.art.pl/

Book Arts Jam
The yearly Book Arts Jam features the work of more than 50 book artists, zine publishers, letterpress printers, fine binders and printmakers. The Jam takes place every fall on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA.
http://www.bookartsjam.org/

Book Sequence Gallery
Contains photo-based bookworks and photographs by Canadian artist Peter Sramek, as well as his students and other artists.
http://www.sramek.ca/

Bookbinding and Royal Bindings
Paul Tronson, A master bookbinder, restores antiquarian books, bibles and objects to period using original tools and techniques.
http://periodfinebindings.typepad.com/

Books By Hand
Handcrafted wooden-bound books and albums, some inset with an ammonite or Whitby jet.
http://www.booksbyhand.co.uk/

Boxcar Press
Boxcar Press publishes letterpress printed books and broadsides. Offers printing and photopolymer services to meet the needs of artists, designers, and others who love fine printing.
http://www.boxcarpress.com/

Briar Press
A searchable site includes an online letterpress museum and glossary, free downloadable eps images, and a directory of resources.
http://www.briarpress.org/

Bridal Bookquet
Features the flower-shaped books the Bay Area Book Artists (BABA) made for a bridal wedding bookquet.
http://bayimages.net/bridal-bookquet/

CaiLun Info
Paper and book making resources, news, supplies, information, tools, techniques, and artists.
http://www.cailun.info/

The Collector's Guide
Conserving works in paper.
http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa010.shtml

Colophon Page
Internet community of collectors, dealers, creators and lovers of the fine publishing arts.
http://www.colophon.com/

Confessions Of A Bookplate Junkie
A weblog by Lew Jaffe about collecting bookplates. Their design, history, and information about bookplates.
http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com/

Conservation OnLine
Conservation OnLine (CoOL), a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, cover a wide spectrum of topics of interest to professionals involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
http://sul-server-2.stanford.edu/

Denis Gouey Bookbinding Studio
Bookbinding design and restoration of books as well as preservation and presentation of important documents.
http://bookbinding.com

Dreaming Mind Handmade Books
Don Drake of Dreaming Mind creates unique handmade journals, albums, guest books, and appointment books. Creator of the True Step binding system.
http://www.dreamingmind.com/

Ellen and Reed's Handcrafted Books
Handcrafted notebooks, journals, and photographs. Hardcover books plus books with leather and wooden covers. Located in Bellingham, Washington.
http://www.openaccess.org/~rebooks/

Ergo Pers
Publisher of books and editions of French and English poetry.
http://www.artistsbooks.be/

Foolscap Press - Bindery and Publishers
Foolscap Press is a small letterpress printing, hand binding and publishing company. We publish limited edition hand made books and do custom printing, binding and portfolio case construction.
http://www.foolscappress.com/

Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison
This site offers artists' books created by two contemporary visual artists based in Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.gracialouise.com/

Gracie Sparkles Books
A gallery and shop featuring hand-bound books and other items created by gracie sparkles, a journalism student, bookbinder and printmaker from Ohio.
http://www.graciesparkles.com

Handmade Books by Joe Herring Jr.
Handmade books and blank books, bound by hand in three styles (Japanese Binding).
http://flashprinting.com/deft.htm

Havilah Press
Site highlighting the work, activities, and projects of a private press in the San Francisco Bay Area which focuses on letterpress printing with handpresses, unique editions, and hand bookbinding.
http://www.havilahpress.com/

If'n Books and Marks
Handmade by Debora Dormody at a small bindery in Rhode Island.
http://www.ifnbooks.com/

Incline Press
A small, private press that prints limited-edition books by letterpress using a platen press and binds them by hand. Their books are usually illustrated, either with wood engravings or cuts, linocuts or line blocks, and are often hand-coloured with stencils
http://www.inclinepress.com/

Karen Hanmer
A gallery of installation, rebound, and altered books using a variety of materials and binding techniques.
http://www.karenhanmer.com/

Lark Sparrow Press
Lark Sparrow is a private press dedicated to contemporary works of fiction and poetry.
http://www.larksparrowpress.com/

The Little Farm Press
Miniature books, travel books, etchings, botanical books, illustrated books, copper plate printing, gocco, linocut, watercolors, art. Also has a selection of book arts links.
http://members.aol.com/lfarmpress/

Lost Crafts: The Printed Book
Contents of The Printed Book by Harry G. Aldis Cambridge at the University Press printed in 1916.
http://www.lostcrafts.com/Printed-Book/Book-Main.html

Maher Bindery
Specializes in the restoration and repair of books. Also offers bookbinding, box making and blank books and journals.
http://www.bindery.maher1.net/

Making Books with Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
Tips and projects for teachers, parents, and children.
http://www.makingbooks.com/

Mark Hiner's Pop-Up Books
Paper engineer, Mark Hiner, shows examples of his pop-ups and interactive books. Includes a short history of pop-ups and how to make pop-up books.
http://www.markhiner.co.uk/

Meadow Press
Limited edition printed letterpress from metal types on mouldmade and handmade papers with emphasis on hand techniques, high standards in craft, and harmony of design and text.
http://hometown.aol.com/leighm4896/meadowpress.html?f=fs

Mission Creek Press
Artist's books and custom commercial work created by Roberta Lavadour under the Mission Creek Press imprint. Located in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon.
http://www.missioncreekpress.com/

Mosher Press
Website devoted to the history of what is described as "the first significant private press in America." Includes a biography of its founder, information on notable exhibitions and collections of Mosher Press editions, and other information valuable to collectors of rare books.
http://marauder.millersville.edu/~mosher/index1.html

One Heart Press
Fine letterpress printers serving the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We print stationery, invitations and artists' books.
http://www.oneheartpress.com/

Page Two, Inc
Resources and inspiration for artists and other specialists working in the fields of papermaking, printmaking, book design, letterpress, traditional/contemporary bookbinding, artists' books, and related endeavors.
http://www.bookarts.com/

Paper Birds
Handmade books and boxes made by book artist Joanne Kluba.
http://www.paperbirds.com/

Peng Peng Wang's Art Conservation/Art Gallery
Art Conservation/Restoration for paintings, paper, books, and photographs in San Francisco Bay area. Artist's books and fabric art created by Peng Peng Wang.
http://www.pengpengwang.com/

Personal Visions: Artists' Books at the Millennium: An Exhibitiion
An exhibition of artists' books from the collection of the University of Delaware's Special Collections Department. The web exhibit mirrors an actual exhibition on view from January 15 until June 9, 2002.
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/artistsbook/index.htm

Priscilla Foster Handmade Books
Priscilla Foster handmade books handcrafts fine custom scrapbooks, photo albums, wedding albums, baby books, writing journals and other custom albums.
http://priscillafoster.com/

The St. John's Bible
Being created by scribes in a scriptorium in Wales, the St. John's Bible will be the first handwritten, illuminated Bible in the modern era.
http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/

Susan Angebranndt Books
Gallery of handbound artist and illustrated books.
http://www.greenchairpress.com/

Sutton Hoo Press
A literary fine art press, publishes contemporary literature, poetry and fiction in hand bound, letterpress limited editions.
http://suttonhoopress.com/

Ukulele Books
Features a series of artist books made out of ukuleles by Peter and Donna Thomas.
http://www.baymoon.com/~ukulelebooks/