binding designers
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Marion Peabody update!
Remember our blog post about Marion Peabody, the binding designer, whom we posted about way back in 2015? If not, go check it out! You can even see the photograph of her that we found in passport records. Anyway, we have an update thanks to the sleuthing of Linda Obora! I was sitting at my… Continue reading
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Margaret Armstrong's Great Series; Cloth Color part 2
In the last post we began to look at cloth color as an aspect of trade binding design. We also took a brief look at publishing practices such as the role of electrotyping in keeping books available for long periods, and “case binding” and how this method of bookbinding allowed publishers to meet increased consumer… Continue reading
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The Ace up a Designer's Sleeve: Cloth Color part 1
For our next two posts, let’s talk about color. Cloth color. It’s one of the three inescapable features of trade bindings from their beginnings in 1820s England through the 1920s, and one of two that continue to this day. The other two are cloth graining, which was seldom done after the 1910s (I’d say never… Continue reading
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Researching without the resources : Bruce Rogers
I probably have mentioned this several times by now, but it’s worth mentioning again (and in all likelihood you will hear it again), I love to do research. There’s just something about rediscovering information that you didn’t know was there to begin with. I’m in the middle of doing something exciting that I will hopefully… Continue reading
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Binding research
It’s been a while since we last posted. Our holiday break has come and gone and we are FINALLY getting back into the swing of things in the cataloging department. I have been working on these lovelies, also known as government documents. They can be kind of dry sometimes and since we aren’t having a… Continue reading
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Ethel Belle Appel
I love stumbling across interesting stories when I’m working with bindings. Part of my job requires me to do research to find out more about the binding designer, publisher, binder, etc. One of my favorite binding designers is Ethel Belle Appel, whose life was like something out of a movie. She had her share of… Continue reading
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