Book #239

Split Cover Pamphlet

Today's book is the last of the bindings that I am going to use from my Pamphlet Binding book. This variant is called a split cover, because the front and back covers are two separate pieces of paper, rather than a continuous wrapper. Bookcloth is wrapped on the spine.

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 #236

Hardcover Pamphlet 3

Using the same side-sewing technique as yesterday's pamphlet, this version has the addition of tipped-on endsheet folios and a harcover, full cloth with inset label.

Book #235

Side-sewn Pamphlet

Today's pamphlet binding is intended for use only with thin signatures made up of large pages of thin paper. This restriction makes perfect sense, really, since the signatures are actually stabbed and sewn together near the spine - rather than being individually sewn through the fold. My example has three slim signatures, stabbed and sewn about 1/8" from the spine. Pasted into a paper wrapper.

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 #233

Hardcover Pamphlet 1

Still working from the Pamphlet Binding book that I mentioned yesterday, this is a paste-bound pamphlet bound with a hardcover. Full cloth with an 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 #230

Paste-bound Pamphlet

I have a few bindings on my list reserved for days when I have very little time to do this blog update. Today is one of those days! So, I made a paste-bound pamphlet for today. I read about these being made in a bindery; a piece of binder's board was cut to the height of the pamphlet, dipped in the paste and then used to quickly apply a thin line of paste into each fold very quickly. I just used a brush since I was making only one book, but it does sound like it could be efficient if you have only a few folios per book.

Book #168

3-Piece Pamphlet

This is a hardcover pamphlet binding. In her book, Cooking the Books, Bea Nettles calls this an 'Italian Pamphlet', although I am not sure if it is truly of Italian origin.

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 #136

Single-Section Library Binding

This rather plain-looking book is actually a fancy pamphlet binding. The single-section is bound to an extra spine bit so that it can be properly rounded for a hardcover leather binding.

Today I am leaving for PBI so I will not be home for a couple weeks. I have taken some measures to get a few books ready for my blog, but I must admit that I do not have enough ready for the entire time that I am away. I will try to keep it going the whole time, but if I falter I will make up for it when I get back!

Book #126

Multi-section 5-hole Pamphlet

Building on yesterday's theme, this is another multi-section pamphlet binding. It uses a 5-hole pamphlet stitch with three pierced sewing stations and two passive sewing stations at the head and tail.

Book #16

Back Stitch

The back stitch is another very common embroidery stitch and it can easily be incorporated as a pamphlet stitch. So, this is probably enough exploration of pamphlet binding options for now; I will find something different for tomorrow.

Book #15

Inter-laced Running Stitch

Another traditional embroidery stitch used for binding a pamphlet.

Book #14

Running Stitch

There are a number of traditional embroidery stitches that can be used as pamphlet bindings. Today's pamphlet shows the most basic embroidery stitch, the 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 #11

Sewn Chains

This is an example of a pamphlet bound using a chain stitch. Keith Smith calls this binding sewn chains but it is really just a traditional embroidery chain stitch adapted as a single-section pamphlet binding.

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.