ABM Audio Tour

The Story of the Book

  • Getting Started
    • Introduction
    • Story of the Book
    • Papyrus, Parchment & Paper
    • Guilds
    • Printing
  • Hand Binding 1500s-1800s
    • 1. Parent Sheets
    • 2. Folding
    • 3. Beating
    • 4. Sewing
    • 5. Shaping
    • 6. Trimming
    • 7. Edge Treatment
    • 8a. Lacing-in & Covering
    • 8b. Headbands
    • 8c. Finishing
  • American Binding
    • Colonial Binding 1637-1783
    • Colonial Technique
    • Post-Revolution Binding 1783-1820
    • Harper & Brothers 1817
  • Industrial Binding 1820-1900s
    • 9. Text Blocks
      • 9a. Recessed Cord Sewing
      • 9b. Industrial Sewing
      • 9c. David McConnell Smyth
      • 10. Trimming: Guillotine
      • 11. Shaping: Roller Backer
    • Wages, Labor & Safety
    • Case Making
      • 13. Cutting: Board Shear
      • 12. Covering: Case Making
      • 14. Finishing: Arming Press
      • 15. Flattening: Book Press
  • Non-Sewn Bindings: Wire Stitcher
  • Stationery Binding
    • Ledgers: Pen Ruler
    • Springback Bindings: Forming Machine
    • Tear Outs: Pin Perforator
  • Decorated Publishers’ Bindings
  • Exit Survey
  • Help

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