Bookbinder’s Compendium: Springback binding

$800.00

A Bookbinder’s Compendium: Workshop Handouts 2001-2025 by Karen Hanmer.
Glenview, IL: Karen Hanmer Book Arts, 2026.

English-style springback binding: half goatskin, blue Swedish marbled endsheets, boards covered in Katie MacGregor handmade paper inkjet-printed with Illustrations by Henry Maron of tools used in traditional bookbinding. Bound 2026.

8 ¾ x 7 ½ x 1 ¾ “

This is the third bound copy of an anthology of thirty-three workshop handouts written by the binderon topics including fine binding, a range of historical and contemporary structures, notes on materials, and professional practices.

This text is available in printed, unsewn sheets.

A Bookbinder’s Compendium: Workshop Handouts 2001-2025 by Karen Hanmer.
Glenview, IL: Karen Hanmer Book Arts, 2026.

English-style springback binding: half goatskin, blue Swedish marbled endsheets, boards covered in Katie MacGregor handmade paper inkjet-printed with Illustrations by Henry Maron of tools used in traditional bookbinding. Bound 2026.

8 ¾ x 7 ½ x 1 ¾ “

This is the third bound copy of an anthology of thirty-three workshop handouts written by the binderon topics including fine binding, a range of historical and contemporary structures, notes on materials, and professional practices.

This text is available in printed, unsewn sheets.