A Bookbinder’s Compendium: Workshop Handouts 2001-2025 by Karen Hanmer


This collection includes instructions on thirty four topics across six categories, arranged in the order they were written.

Historical Structures and Traditional Binding
Paper Cases and Modest Structures
Book Arts Structures
Notes on Materials
Decorative and Luxury Features
Professional Practices

Most of the material here was written as a supplement to, not a replacement for, an in person or online class. Still, handouts for many of the topics are detailed enough to guide those with basic forwarding skills in making the structure described. Most include a detailed tool and supply list.

Available only in unbound sheets, shipped unfolded and flat. Twenty-four sections, 23 with five folios each, one with 3 folios, 462 pages total.
Unfolded page size (short grain) 14 × 8.5”
Folded text block: 8.5 × 7 × 1.25”

Printed on bright white 70 lb text with a Canon varioPrint iX Digital Press by HF Group in North Manchester, IN