For most of our books, we at The Old Stile Press are responsible for every aspect of their making except for the paper and the binding . . . and sometimes Frances even makes the paper. For very many years the physical aspects of our bindings have been dealt with by...
Although the majority of the books we have discovered over the years and now treasure were published in the UK, there have always been some (from the US or from Europe, say) that have caught our attention and have made sure that the rule was broken. One such is Macao...
One of the most exciting and yet daunting stages in the process of our book building is when we take over from an artist the blocks which we know have taken months if not years for him or her complete. Recently, on the way to Glasgow for an all too rare visit to our...
In an earlier post, I gave photographs of the two printings I had done towards the binding of this new book . . . but gave no clue as to how they would be deployed. We have now had a first sample from the binder and the answer can be seen. Further experimental work...
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