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Keith Smith


B2531. Quick Leather Bindings/Smith

Quick Leather Bindings: Non-Adhesive Binding Vol V.
By Keith Smith. 2003. 320 pp. 6"x9". Paper.

All the bindings in this volume are hard cover quarter leather. Detailed instructions make leather binding a viable option for a beginner. Steps and instruction were simplified.No equipment is used, tools are limited, and all use of glue and paste is eliminated. This saves time, eliminating weights and waits.

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B1890. 1, 2 & 3-Section Sewings: Vol. II/Smith

1, 2 & 3-Section Sewings: Vol. II. of Non-Adhesive Binding By Keith Smith. 1995. 320pp. 6"x9". Paper.

Instructions for 117 sewings are presented with diagrams and photos. Most of these patterned spine sewings were devised for this book and require no equipment other than needles, thread and scissors. These booklets of 3 sections or less work with 4-100 pages - formats ideal for calligraphers and book artists. The book includes 42 photos of bindings by 22 contemporary binders. Non-Adhesive Binding has been one of our most popular binding books.

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B1891. Exposed Spine Bindings: Vol. III/Smith

Exposed Spine Bindings: Vol. III. of Non-Adhesive Binding
By Keith Smith. 6". Paper.

Exposed spine sewings along the spine require a sewing frame. The book has instructions for constructing an inexpensive frame (for $12 or less) and how to use it. Various raised support sewings are presented with diagrams and text. Sew-ings across the spine require only needles, thread and scissors. Instructions for these from simple to elaborate are given, too. Contains photos of bindings by various contemporary binders.

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B1537. Non-Adhesive Binding/Smith

Non-Adhesive Binding: Books without Paste or Glue
By Keith A. Smith. 2nd ed. 352pp. 6"x9". Paper.

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B2428. Smith's Sewing Single Sheets

Smith’s Sewing Single Sheets. Non-Adhesive Binding Vol
IV.
By Keith Smith. 2001. 336 pp. 6" x 9". Paper.

The fourth in a series of instructional books on binding without glue or paste, this one presents bindings of single sheets -- paper, board, plexi -- that open flat to any page. Includes several variations of Coptic sewings, raised cord
sewings, and sewing on tapes.

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B2280. Bookbinding for Book Artists/Smith

Bookbinding for Book Artists.
By Keith Smith. 1998. 432pp. 6" x 9". Paper.

Presents a simple approach to binding a book in cloth or leather.


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B2705. Text in Book Format/Smith

Text in the Book Format.
Expanded 3rd edition. 2004. 256pp. 6"x9". Paper.

Examines the display of text, on a single page and then as part of a multi-page format.As a part of the physical object and as book pages are turned.

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B2563. Structure of Visual Book/Smith

Structure of the Visual Book: Expanded 4th Edition.
By Keith Smith. 2003. 420pp. 6"x9". Paper.

An instructive guide to the concepts of visual books, it presents strategies for organizing pictures in the book format. A wide range of bookworks is presented with 129 drawings and 453 photos of books by 145 contemporary book artists from around the world. Almost twice the
number of pages of the previous edition.

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