First American edition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula #bookbinding #finebinding #goldtooling #dracula #bramstoker
January 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
First American edition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula #bookbinding #finebinding #goldtooling #dracula #bramstoker
Lovely marbled endpapers in some of our antiquarian books for auction this week!
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #bookhistory #marbled #finebinding #endpapers #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #bookhistory #marbled #finebinding #endpapers #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
March 21, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Lovely marbled endpapers in some of our antiquarian books for auction this week!
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #bookhistory #marbled #finebinding #endpapers #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #bookhistory #marbled #finebinding #endpapers #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
Fine binding of An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott #bookbinding #finebinding #goldtooling #louisamayalcott
January 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Fine binding of An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott #bookbinding #finebinding #goldtooling #louisamayalcott
Scottish wheel binding tooled with 23k gold leaf #bookbinding #goldtooling #edgegilding #scottishwheel #finebinding
January 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Scottish wheel binding tooled with 23k gold leaf #bookbinding #goldtooling #edgegilding #scottishwheel #finebinding
Beautiful BINDING 1911 RUBAIYAT OMAR KHAYYAM Poetry
#books #antiquarian #OmarKhayyam #Rubaiyat #poetry #Persian #bookauction #finebinding
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#books #antiquarian #OmarKhayyam #Rubaiyat #poetry #Persian #bookauction #finebinding
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November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Beautiful BINDING 1911 RUBAIYAT OMAR KHAYYAM Poetry
#books #antiquarian #OmarKhayyam #Rubaiyat #poetry #Persian #bookauction #finebinding
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#books #antiquarian #OmarKhayyam #Rubaiyat #poetry #Persian #bookauction #finebinding
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I love using my Scharf-Fix to pare down leather for hinges on a book. Makes it quick and easy. #bookbinding #leatherbinding #finebinding #bookarts
March 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I love using my Scharf-Fix to pare down leather for hinges on a book. Makes it quick and easy. #bookbinding #leatherbinding #finebinding #bookarts
Dot..Dot...dot.dot..dotdotdotdotdotdotdot
Once you get into a rhythm with it, it can be calming work.
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#finebinding #bookbinding #isaacasimov #foundation
Once you get into a rhythm with it, it can be calming work.
📚💙
🧶
#finebinding #bookbinding #isaacasimov #foundation
June 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dot..Dot...dot.dot..dotdotdotdotdotdotdot
Once you get into a rhythm with it, it can be calming work.
📚💙
🧶
#finebinding #bookbinding #isaacasimov #foundation
Once you get into a rhythm with it, it can be calming work.
📚💙
🧶
#finebinding #bookbinding #isaacasimov #foundation
TOUCH-STONE for GOLD & SILVER 1679 BADCOCK Goldsmith ASSAYING Hallmark BINDING
#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #gold #silver #assaying #hallmark #finebinding #history #trade #bookauctions
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#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #gold #silver #assaying #hallmark #finebinding #history #trade #bookauctions
bit.ly/4p3tGMm
September 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
TOUCH-STONE for GOLD & SILVER 1679 BADCOCK Goldsmith ASSAYING Hallmark BINDING
#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #gold #silver #assaying #hallmark #finebinding #history #trade #bookauctions
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#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #gold #silver #assaying #hallmark #finebinding #history #trade #bookauctions
bit.ly/4p3tGMm
We're not asking you to *judge* a book by its cover (this one has some lovely artwork inside), just that you don't look past it! #Bookbinding #SpecialBooks #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Bookbindings #Doublure #FineBinding
Alt text: A video on the terminology, relative cost, and practice of binding books.
Alt text: A video on the terminology, relative cost, and practice of binding books.
May 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We're not asking you to *judge* a book by its cover (this one has some lovely artwork inside), just that you don't look past it! #Bookbinding #SpecialBooks #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Bookbindings #Doublure #FineBinding
Alt text: A video on the terminology, relative cost, and practice of binding books.
Alt text: A video on the terminology, relative cost, and practice of binding books.
Large family history with a mix of 23k gold and white gold tooling, plus gold tooled silk doublures and flyleaves. #bookbinding #finebinding #goldtooling #silkdoublures
January 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Large family history with a mix of 23k gold and white gold tooling, plus gold tooled silk doublures and flyleaves. #bookbinding #finebinding #goldtooling #silkdoublures
Scottish wheel binding of Prelude to Chemistry by John Read. This is currently available here: www.luxmentis.com/pages/books/... #bookbinding #finebinding #scottishwheel #goldtooling #alchemy #preludetochemistry
January 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Scottish wheel binding of Prelude to Chemistry by John Read. This is currently available here: www.luxmentis.com/pages/books/... #bookbinding #finebinding #scottishwheel #goldtooling #alchemy #preludetochemistry
Design binding of a Poe collection with a large backpared onlay and marbled papers by Jemma Lewis #bookbinding #designbinding #finebinding #leatheronlays #edgarallanpoe
January 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Design binding of a Poe collection with a large backpared onlay and marbled papers by Jemma Lewis #bookbinding #designbinding #finebinding #leatheronlays #edgarallanpoe
NAVIGATION AÉRIENNE 1855 MANGIN 1st CARTONNAGE Binding FLIGHT BALLOONING
#books #antiquarian #firstedition #finebinding #cartonnage #flight #history #ballooning #hotairballooning #French #navigation #aerienne #Éditionoriginale #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #firstedition #finebinding #cartonnage #flight #history #ballooning #hotairballooning #French #navigation #aerienne #Éditionoriginale #bookauction
bit.ly/4e5gthl
June 11, 2026 at 7:58 AM
NAVIGATION AÉRIENNE 1855 MANGIN 1st CARTONNAGE Binding FLIGHT BALLOONING
#books #antiquarian #firstedition #finebinding #cartonnage #flight #history #ballooning #hotairballooning #French #navigation #aerienne #Éditionoriginale #bookauction
bit.ly/4e5gthl
#books #antiquarian #firstedition #finebinding #cartonnage #flight #history #ballooning #hotairballooning #French #navigation #aerienne #Éditionoriginale #bookauction
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GAUFFERED BINDING 1847 POETS PLEASAUNCE Humphreys WARWICK Shakespeare MILTON
#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #poetry #British #poets #shakespeare #milton #chaucer #dryden #nature #Victorian #finebinding #gauffered #bookauction
bit.ly/48PxJWb
#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #poetry #British #poets #shakespeare #milton #chaucer #dryden #nature #Victorian #finebinding #gauffered #bookauction
bit.ly/48PxJWb
May 8, 2026 at 7:35 AM
GAUFFERED BINDING 1847 POETS PLEASAUNCE Humphreys WARWICK Shakespeare MILTON
#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #poetry #British #poets #shakespeare #milton #chaucer #dryden #nature #Victorian #finebinding #gauffered #bookauction
bit.ly/48PxJWb
#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #poetry #British #poets #shakespeare #milton #chaucer #dryden #nature #Victorian #finebinding #gauffered #bookauction
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I need to revisit embroidery on leather. This one was so fun because of all the different textures of thread, leather, and tooling.
The book is Wizard &Glass, The Dark Tower IV by @stephenking.bsky.social
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#thedarktower #stephenking #finebinding #bookbinding
The book is Wizard &Glass, The Dark Tower IV by @stephenking.bsky.social
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#thedarktower #stephenking #finebinding #bookbinding
July 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I need to revisit embroidery on leather. This one was so fun because of all the different textures of thread, leather, and tooling.
The book is Wizard &Glass, The Dark Tower IV by @stephenking.bsky.social
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#thedarktower #stephenking #finebinding #bookbinding
The book is Wizard &Glass, The Dark Tower IV by @stephenking.bsky.social
🪐📚💙
#thedarktower #stephenking #finebinding #bookbinding
"A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" by Annie Dillard. Bound in 2019-2020; Was accepted into the Guild of Bookworkers traveling exhibition, WILD/Life, in 2021. Pictured here on display at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco.
#Bookbinding #FineBinding #LeatherBooks #AnnieDillard
#Bookbinding #FineBinding #LeatherBooks #AnnieDillard
February 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" by Annie Dillard. Bound in 2019-2020; Was accepted into the Guild of Bookworkers traveling exhibition, WILD/Life, in 2021. Pictured here on display at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco.
#Bookbinding #FineBinding #LeatherBooks #AnnieDillard
#Bookbinding #FineBinding #LeatherBooks #AnnieDillard
Design binding (blank book) with rough edge gilding, hand painted vellum inlays, 23k gold tooling, and cloth doublures and flyleaves. #bookbinding #finebinding #designbinding #paintedvellum #goldtooling
January 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Design binding (blank book) with rough edge gilding, hand painted vellum inlays, 23k gold tooling, and cloth doublures and flyleaves. #bookbinding #finebinding #designbinding #paintedvellum #goldtooling
ERASMUS 1698 COLLOQUIA Vellum LATIN Binding PHILOSOPHY Dialogues COLLOQUIES
#books #antiquarian #Erasmus #17thcentury #Colloquies #philosophy #dialogues #Latin #vellum #finebinding #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #Erasmus #17thcentury #Colloquies #philosophy #dialogues #Latin #vellum #finebinding #bookauction
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August 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
ERASMUS 1698 COLLOQUIA Vellum LATIN Binding PHILOSOPHY Dialogues COLLOQUIES
#books #antiquarian #Erasmus #17thcentury #Colloquies #philosophy #dialogues #Latin #vellum #finebinding #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #Erasmus #17thcentury #Colloquies #philosophy #dialogues #Latin #vellum #finebinding #bookauction
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SCOTTISH PORTRAITS 1903 CAW 2v LTD EDN Signed JAPANESE VELLUM Fine Bindings
#books #antiquarian #portraits #art #signed #Scottish #literature #history #science #monarchy #kings #queens #finebinding #Hume #Stuarts #Scott #Burns #Boswell #Knox #bookauction bit.ly/41T5oKB
#books #antiquarian #portraits #art #signed #Scottish #literature #history #science #monarchy #kings #queens #finebinding #Hume #Stuarts #Scott #Burns #Boswell #Knox #bookauction bit.ly/41T5oKB
April 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
SCOTTISH PORTRAITS 1903 CAW 2v LTD EDN Signed JAPANESE VELLUM Fine Bindings
#books #antiquarian #portraits #art #signed #Scottish #literature #history #science #monarchy #kings #queens #finebinding #Hume #Stuarts #Scott #Burns #Boswell #Knox #bookauction bit.ly/41T5oKB
#books #antiquarian #portraits #art #signed #Scottish #literature #history #science #monarchy #kings #queens #finebinding #Hume #Stuarts #Scott #Burns #Boswell #Knox #bookauction bit.ly/41T5oKB
My table is all set up in the art show at @laworldcon.bsky.social
I have a few bindings available as well as some examples of work I can create for Kickstarter campaigns.
#Worldcon #finebinding #bookcollector #fantasyauthor #scifibooks
I have a few bindings available as well as some examples of work I can create for Kickstarter campaigns.
#Worldcon #finebinding #bookcollector #fantasyauthor #scifibooks
August 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
My table is all set up in the art show at @laworldcon.bsky.social
I have a few bindings available as well as some examples of work I can create for Kickstarter campaigns.
#Worldcon #finebinding #bookcollector #fantasyauthor #scifibooks
I have a few bindings available as well as some examples of work I can create for Kickstarter campaigns.
#Worldcon #finebinding #bookcollector #fantasyauthor #scifibooks
Design binding of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, with pictorial leather doublures #finebinding #designbinding #bookbinding #goldtooling #frankenstein #maryshelley #classicliterature
January 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Design binding of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, with pictorial leather doublures #finebinding #designbinding #bookbinding #goldtooling #frankenstein #maryshelley #classicliterature
FINE BINDING 1892 TENNYSON 1st FORESTERS : ROBIN HOOD & MAID MARIAN Gilt
#books #antiquarian #finebinding #firstedition #Tennyson #play #theatre #RobinHood #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #finebinding #firstedition #Tennyson #play #theatre #RobinHood #bookauction
bit.ly/44xgmIe
April 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
FINE BINDING 1892 TENNYSON 1st FORESTERS : ROBIN HOOD & MAID MARIAN Gilt
#books #antiquarian #finebinding #firstedition #Tennyson #play #theatre #RobinHood #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #finebinding #firstedition #Tennyson #play #theatre #RobinHood #bookauction
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A few rebinds coming up!
In working on my fine binding diploma, I have to send in 10 books to be graded that were created independently.
I'll be working on the first Foundation book and The Left Hand of Darkness over the next few months to turn in.
#Bookbinding #scifi #finebinding
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In working on my fine binding diploma, I have to send in 10 books to be graded that were created independently.
I'll be working on the first Foundation book and The Left Hand of Darkness over the next few months to turn in.
#Bookbinding #scifi #finebinding
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January 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A few rebinds coming up!
In working on my fine binding diploma, I have to send in 10 books to be graded that were created independently.
I'll be working on the first Foundation book and The Left Hand of Darkness over the next few months to turn in.
#Bookbinding #scifi #finebinding
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🪐📚💙
In working on my fine binding diploma, I have to send in 10 books to be graded that were created independently.
I'll be working on the first Foundation book and The Left Hand of Darkness over the next few months to turn in.
#Bookbinding #scifi #finebinding
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SIR DAVID LYNDSAY 1712 FAMOUS WORTHY KNIGHT Scottish POETRY Makar FINE BINDING
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #poetry #earlymodern #Scottish #Makar #FineBinding #bookauction
bit.ly/41PWxtS
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #poetry #earlymodern #Scottish #Makar #FineBinding #bookauction
bit.ly/41PWxtS
March 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
SIR DAVID LYNDSAY 1712 FAMOUS WORTHY KNIGHT Scottish POETRY Makar FINE BINDING
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #poetry #earlymodern #Scottish #Makar #FineBinding #bookauction
bit.ly/41PWxtS
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #poetry #earlymodern #Scottish #Makar #FineBinding #bookauction
bit.ly/41PWxtS
A collection of edges! From top to bottom: Morning Star, Golden Son, Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
All were done with thin layers of acrylic paint and some very messy splattering!
#scifi #bookbinding #custombooks #finebinding
All were done with thin layers of acrylic paint and some very messy splattering!
#scifi #bookbinding #custombooks #finebinding
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
A collection of edges! From top to bottom: Morning Star, Golden Son, Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
All were done with thin layers of acrylic paint and some very messy splattering!
#scifi #bookbinding #custombooks #finebinding
All were done with thin layers of acrylic paint and some very messy splattering!
#scifi #bookbinding #custombooks #finebinding