Hand bookbinding

Try your hand at bookbinding in home conditions. Get acquainted with bookbinding tools, materials and technical terms and learn basic skills from simple bindings to more complex bookbinding. Learn the 10 basic types of bookbinding and create your own unique books.

“ A book about books“ is compiled by an experienced teacher of hand bookbinding courses. The author introduces the traditional way of binding books, such as hanging the block in hardcover, not only for new binding but also for rebinding an older publication. There are also examples of simpler bookbinding techniques along with unusual Japanese bindings, e.g. Asa-no-ha toji or Youtsume toji.