Book #238

Hardcover Pamphlet 4

As promised, this is the hardcover version of the slit pamphlet binding that I introduced yesterday. It does work better with a hardcover.

Book #237

Slit Pamphlet

I am making up names for some of these things. My Pamphlet Binding book does not actually assign names to all the binding variations. The pamphlet that I made for today is bound using another technique suitable for one or two thin signatures. Slits are stabbed near the fold and tapes are passed through the slits. I made this one with a paper cover trying to keep it simple, but I still had to add a folded endsheet and paste the tapes down between the cover paper and the pasted endsheet. A lot of steps for a pamphlet with a paper cover. I suspect this binding will make more sense in a hardcover case - which I will try for tomorrow.

Book #234

Hardcover Pamphlet 2

Today's book is another binding from my Pamphlet Binding book. This is a 2-signature pamphlet but rather than the signatures just being sewn together, they are sewn through cloth. Again, with a hardcover in full cloth with inset label.

Book #232

Pamphlet Binding:
Sewing Two On

I have been reading a book called Pamphlet Binding from 1925, which details the making of pamphlets in a production bindery. There is some discussion of how machines are taking over many of the tasks in the bindery but it also details various ways of binding pamphlets by hand. The little book that I made today is made using one of the techniques described in this book, simply referred to as sewing two on. It is a technique intended for a thin 2-signature pamphlet: the signatures are stitched, the spine is reinforced with muslin, and a paper cover is pasted on.

Book #152

2-section Pamphlet

Although this is not technically a pamphlet stitch, it still falls into that general category, in my mind. This is described by Keith Smith as a 2-section running stitch.

Book #13

Dos-à-dos Pamphlet

The dos-à-dos structure is another option for a two-signature pamphlet.

Book #12

Two-Section Pamphlet

Using a pleated cover, this is another way to make a two-section pamphlet where each section is sewn separately into the pleats.

Book #10

Two Sewn As One

I would love to know if there is any other (i.e. better) name for this little structure. Two sewn as one means a two-signature pamphlet where the two signatures and the pleated cover are all sewn up simultaneously using one pamphlet stitch.