Think HGTV, but for books: A novel gets torn apart, its cover ripped away. Then, in mere minutes — with some glue, a utility knife, cardboard and cloth — it gets a spiffy new look. Inspired by ...

Walker can identify a book by its feel or look. Books from the 1980s are gluey and sometimes crusty, 1990s books are sticky, and books from the 2000s, well, their backing is too thick.

For sourcing new book cloth, Schlechter recommends Talas, or you can go directly to Kennedy if you're in the U.K.—her color options range from lemon-yellow to slate-blue to "begonia," "apple ...

According to bookbinding historian Sue Allen, "This is such a bright, brilliant, altogether attracting period in American book work when, for a short time, greatly gifted architects, painters and ...

Each bookbinding model exemplifies specific attributes of the codex structure, and the array of books together tells a story of a persistent mechanism for reading.” Samples include: 1. Papyrus book 2.

Book cloth is the material used to create a textile effect on the covers of books, and it became popular in the 1800s as an alternative to expensive leather binding. More than 50 percent of the ...

Every book lover’s dream is to own an antique book with a cloth binding the smell of history and of ancient times. And if the cloth-bound book comes straight out of the Victorian era, then it's ...

Cloth Lullaby, by Amy Novesky, is a picture book, but I challenge any parent who views it as infantile. Subtitled The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois, it introduces children (and old fogeys like me ...