Description
Learn how to create a range of beautiful and unique hand-bound books and accessories.
In this practical guide, experienced bookbinder Bari Zaki leads you step-by-step through over 20 stunning projects from albums and journals to stationery and folders. Starting with an overview of the basic bookbinding tools, discover the best materials for each project and get advice on binding, glueing, folding and trimming, as well as where to buy the gorgeous papers used throughout the book.
Create eye-catching details such as a window spine on the buttonhole-stitch bound book, a front cover recessed window with a collage detail, and exposed spines with intricate Coptic-stitch binding. Collate an engaging mix of envelope pages to create your own collector's album, or preserve your memories in hidden cover-pockets on a drop-spine accordion book. You'll find more complex traditional case-bound and screw-post spine books are thoroughly and clearly explained, along with detailed stitching instructions for each book (including working with multiple needles).
Whether you are a bookbinding novice or an experienced binder, this is an essential guide to start learning or perfecting your skills.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Tools, materials and techniques
2 Buttoned-up elegant envelope booklet
– Booklet with cover interior envelope-pockets and a central envelope
3 A trio of enveloping techniques
– A hand-folded envelope
– An origami box
– An envelope case
4 Buttonhole-stitch binding
– Softcover book with cover interior envelope-pockets and a window spine
5 Intro to glueing happiness
– 3 hardcover padholder-folders and accessories
6 Chic Cambridge suite
– 2 hardcover folders with a fabric spine, angled interior pocket and accessories
7 A trio of concertina techniques
– 3 hardcover origami-esque accordion books
– Traditional accordion book with front window
– Hinged drop-spine landscape accordion book with cover pocket
8 Screw-post album with window
– Binder with a front cover window and a screw-post spine
9 Long stitch album with hand-folded envelopes
– Hardcover album with a fabric spine, and 2 bound-in hand-folded envelopes
10 Triptych of Coptic-stitch bindings
– Softcover book
– Traditional hardcover book
– Multi-needle hardcover book
11 Case binding
– Traditional book with a pressed spine, head and tail bands and end-sheets
12 Book of engaging pages
– Book with 6 pocket pages, 2 three-panel gate-folded pages, 2 booklets
13 Collector's album
– Multi-needle Coptic-stitch bound album with 7 hand-folded envelopes
Glossary
Resources and suppliers
Acknowledgements
Product details
| Published | 18 Jun 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781789942415 |
| Imprint | Herbert Press |
| Illustrations | 200 illustrations throughout |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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