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Introduction

Artistic

Book Arts

Cinema

Comix

Concrete Poetry

Future

History

Literary

Surrealism

Typography

Book Arts & Artists' Books
manuals, instruction, theory, commentary

For examples of artists' books and other book-arts-y things, see the section on Artistic Works. For book design, page design, layout, or practical visual graphics, see Typography. Other items of interest will be found in the sections on Concrete & Visual Poetry, Calligrams and Comix.

Emily-Jane's essay on the Book Arts is supported by this bibliography, and readers who find themselves here may wish to visit it as well.

Texts

• Blake, Kathy. Handmade books : a step-by-step guide to crafting your own books. Boston ; New York ; London : Bulfinch Press [Little, Brown and Co.], 1997.
• Carter, David, and James Diaz. The elements of pop-up : a pop-up book for aspiring paper engineers. New York : Little Simon, 1999.
• Diehl, Edith. Bookbinding : its background and technique, 2 vol. New York : Reinhart & Company, Inc., 1946. Also New York : Dover Publications, 1980.
• Drucker, Johanna. The century of artists' books. New York : Granary Books, 1995.
  Chapter one of this work, "The artist's book as idea and form," is available in full text online (Granary Books, 1995).
• Eleenport, Sam. The future of hand bookbinding. Boston : Harcourt Bindery, 1993.
• Golden, Alisa J. Creating handmade books. New York : Sterling Publishing Co., 1998.
• Hubert, Renee Riese, and Judd David Hubert. The cutting edge of reading : artists' books. New York : Granary Books, 1999.
  Chapter one of this work, "Introduction : the protean artist's book," is available in full text online (Granary Books, 1999).
• Ikegami, Kojiro. Japanese bookbinding : instructions from a master craftsman [adapted by Barbara B. Stephens]. New York ; Tokyo : Weatherhill, 1986, 1998. *
• Jackson, Paul. The pop-up book : a step-by step introduction for creating over 100 original paper products. New York : Henry Holt & Co., 1993, 1996.
• Johnson, Arthur. The Thames and Hudson manual of bookbinding. London : Thames and Hudson, 1978.
• Klima, Stephan. Artists' books : a critical study of the literature. New York : Granary Books, 1998.
  Chapter one of this work, "Introduction," is available in full text online (Granary Books, 1998).
• LaPlantz, Shereen. Cover to cover : creative techniques for making beautiful books, journals & albums. Ashville, NC : Lark Books, 1995.
• Lauf, Cornelia, and Clive Phillpot. Artist/author : contemporary artists' books. New York : Distributed Art Publishers inc. and the American Federation of Arts, 1998. [exhibition catalog]
• Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut. Seventy books about bookmaking : a guide to the study and appreciation of printmaking. New York : Columbia University Press, 1941.
• Lewis, A.W. Basic bookbinding. New York : Dover Publications Inc., 1957.
• Maran, Sally Scott. "Science defined by the hands of a book artist," Smithsonian, June 1995.
• Muir, David. Binding and repairing books by hand. New York : Arco Publishing Co. Inc., 1978.
• Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. Bookbinding and the conservation of books : a dictionary of descriptive terminology. Washington : Library of Congress, 1982.
  (CoOL (Conservation OnLine))
• Shannon, Faith. The art and craft of paper. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994.
• Smith, Keith. Non-adhesive binding, volume I : books without paste or glue. Fairport, NY ; Rochester, NY : Sigma Foundation ; Keith A. Smith Books, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999. *
• Smith, Keith. Non-adhesive binding, volume II : 1- 2- and 3-section sewings. Rochester, NY : Keith A. Smith Books, 1995. *
• Smith, Keith. Non-adhesive binding, volume III : exposed spine sewings. Rochester, NY : Keith A. Smith Books, 1995. *
• Smith, Keith. Non-adhesive binding, volume IV : Smith's sewing single sheets. Rochester NY : Keith Smith Books, 2001. *
• Smith, Keith, and Fred Jordan. Sewn and pasted cloth or leather bindings requiring no special tools or equipment. Cayuga, NY : Keith Smith Books, 1998.
• Town, Laurence. Bookbinding by hand : for students and craftsmen. London : Faber and Faber, 1951, 1968.
• Verheyen, Peter. "Development of the artist's book," student paper, Department of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, April 1998.
• Watson, Aldren A. Hand bookbinding : a manual of instruction. New York : Macmillan Publishing Co., 1986.

Websites

• Artists' books information resource.
  Jae Jennifer Rossman, 3 June 2004.
• Bibliography of bookbinding manuals. *
  Peter Verheyen, The book arts web, 22 February 1997.
• The book arts web.
  Peter Verheyen, 1995-2004.
  A wonderful all-around resource for book arts resources, exhibits, and information on the web.
• Center for Book Arts.
  The mission of the Center for Book Arts is the preservation of the bookmaking arts.
• Definition of the artist's book; what is a book; BSO's (book shaped objects); art vs. craft : a discussion held on the Book_Arts-L listserv, March 1998.
  Peter Verheyen, The book arts web, 1995-2004.
• Chinese bookbinding.
  Colin Chinnery, Oriental and India Office, British Library ; Special Topics, International Dunhuang Project, 1999.
  An illustrated history of Chinese bookbinding in the context of the Dunhuang area. Includes a bibliography of works in Chinese, French / français, and English.
• The Moveable Book Society.
  Ann Montanaro, 30 March 2005.
• Moving tales : paper engineering and children's pop-up books.
  State Library of Victoria.
  Record of an exhibit held in the foyer of the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 18 August - 1 October, 1995. Includes a catalogue of the exhibit (unfortunately this does not include pictures).
  (This resource is no longer available directly from the State Library of Victoria; the link above will take you to Pandora, an Australian web archive administered by the National Library of Australia and several other Australian cultural institutions.)
• The whatness of bookness, or what is a book?
  Phillip Smith, 1996.
  A brief article written in response to a letter from Peter Verheyen to the editor of the Designer bookbinders newsletter concerning "bookness."

*  Asterisks mark items Emily-Jane considers to be especially interesting, useful, or well-written.