OHIO Bookbinders



Links

This page contains links to bookbinding related sites.  Some deal with conservation topics and some are sites of bookbinders in other states. They are included because they have a particularly informative site.  Other sites are owned by bookbinding suppliers but aren't intended to be an endorsement of their services or products.
 

If you have any comments or suggestions for additions to this site please direct them to rdavis@stark.kent.edu.
 

Conferences, classes & Workshops

Book Arts Workshop (Dartmouth College) on-going workshops
Center for Book Arts (New York, NY) on-going workshops
 

Associations & Societies


AIC (American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works)
ACRL (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section)
American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Bibliographical Society (London)
Bibliographical Society of America
Bibliographical Society of Canada
Bibliographical Society (University of Virginia)
BookHad (Research Support Libraries Program)
CoOL  Conservation OnLine
Guild of Book Workers
Institutes and Organizations Working in the Preservation Field
Miniature Book Society
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
RELACT (Smithsonian Institution training)

 
Bookbinder suppliers

 Bindery Tools (Ephrata, PA)
Bookbinder's Toolbox (Tools or equipment to buy, sell or exchange)
Books Forever (Division of Gaylord Brothers)
Chena River Marblers  (Amherst, MA)
Gaylord Brothers (Library and binding supplies)
Harmatan Leather Ltd (Northamptonshire, England)
The Harcourt Bindery, Inc. (Boston, MA)
Highsmith (Library and binding supplies)
J. Hewit & Sons Ltd. (London)
John Neal - Bookseller (Greensboro, NC)
Pastpaper Patterns (by Claire Maziarczyk; Niskayuna, NY)
Movie Poster Preservation
Talas (New York, NY)

 
Internet Resources
American Printing History Association
 Articus Studio (Bookbinding terms and supplies)
 Bibliography and History of the Book (From Literary Resources on the Net)
Binding a Miniature Book (From Austin Jones)
The Book Arts Directory (1998-1999 Edition)
Book Arts Web
Book Care and Archiving (From Resources of church Librarians)
Book History (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing)
Book Information Website
Bookbinding and Conservation Dictionary
Bookstore Hall of Fame (Nominate your favorite)
Books and Book Arts Resources (from Oak knoll Press site)
British Library Sacred Texts (Learn how manuscripts are made)
Caring for Rare books (Antiques Road Show)
Caring for Your Books (Antiques Road Show)
CBBAG (Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild)
Colophon Gallery (Richard Minsky's illustrated books)
Exlibris (Electronic News and Discussion Group for those interested in Rare Books and Special Collections)
Grolier Club
Guidelines for the conservation of leather and parchment bookbindings (National Library of the Netherlands
History of Chinese Bookbinding
History of the Book (Oxford & Princeton)
History of Paper (How it's made and used)
History of the Paperback (Paperback Revolution)
International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Manuscript Society
The Museum of Printing
NOBS (Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society)
ONElist (Discussion list about bookbinding, emphasis on hand bookbinding)
Online Resources (From University of Notre Dame)
Ornamental Penmanship (From Zanerian.com)
Pop-Up Books (History of pop-up and movable books)
Practical Bookbinding (by Morris Lee King)
Preservation (Library of Congress)
Preservation Services and a simple Repair Manual (Dartmouth College Library)
 Preserving Antique Books (Antique Road Show)
Rare Books on the Web (From Albert Masters)
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum (Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia )
Thefts of Early Maps and Books (From libraries in Europe and North America)
Thompson Conservation Lab (Portland, Oregon)

 

Universities

Adelaide University (Special Collections)
Book Arts (University of Alabama)
Columbia College (Chicago Center for the Book and Paper Arts)
Harry Ransom Center (Austin, Texas)
Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Columbia University Libraries, New York)
Kent State University (Special Collections)
Michigan State University (Access & Preservation Division)
Old Books (Queen's University Libraries, Kingston, Ontario)
Rare Book School (University of Virginia)
UICB (University of Iowa, Center for the Book)
University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA)

 

Rare book dealers

About
Alibris
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association International
Book Journeys (Rare, Used and Out-of-Print Books)
BookSearcher
Philadelphia Rare Book & Manuscripts Company
Rare Books Group
University of Houston Libraries

 
Practicing Bookbinders (Private and commercial)

Abbot Bindery (Cleveland, OH)
ICI (Information Conservation Inc.)
Minsky (Examples of bindings)
Leonard's Book Restoration (Burrows, IN)

 

 



If you have any comments or suggestions for additions to this site please direct them to rdavis@kent.edu.
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Comments, corrections & suggestions can be referred to Roger Davis, editor
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Last updated October 18, 2007