Adventures in bookbindingland

The cover board of the incunable I was working on. Naturally, the other one was of completely different size, was attached in a different way and had a different kind of blind tooled design too.

for the incunable I was working on a while ago. Made by Cyril; www.ipernity.com/anaryawe

also made by Cyril ( www.ipernity.com/anaryawe )

goes to show how much I use rulers, grids, guides, measuring etc. when setting brass type. (Hint: I use none)

Viimeinen pari uunista ulos

The dirty, foxed edge revisited. A book I bound for myself; Witchcraft and the Black Art by J.W. Wickwar, second printing from 1927. Half bound in fine chocolate brown goatskin, black endpapers. www.veterok.net veterokforbooks.tumblr.com

Very cleverly, someone has attached the thermometer on the Baier hot foil gilding machine so that it is nearly impossible to remove the heater head / chase without hitting it.

I have been making pocket-sized coptic bindings for Libellus; www.pikkupietarintorikuja.fi/sivu18/aitat/libellus_aitat

Criss-cross binding with ink-dyed covers and laminated leather back. Sewn with thick, chestnut brown linen thread and regular black bookbinder's thread. Anne Goy, the person who originally came up with this technique calls it "criss-cross binding" instead of the much popularised "secret Belgian binding". See my blog post: veterokforbooks.tumblr.com/post/85221432838/criss-cross-binding-i-have-never-liked-the

One of a kind longstitch binding covered with upcycled black leather. Pages sewn in with thick, dark grey linen thread. Patinated brass plate and additional stitching in black linen thread decorate the cover flap; the flap closes on a sturdy flax paper button with a hand-braided cord. The book has 160 pages of gray-brown recycled paper inside, with deckled edges. www.veterok.net veterokforbooks.tumblr.com

If I had more of that leather I'd use it all the time. I'm not sure why I like it so much but it's sturdy and yet feels supple to touch. Also looks way too good with the gray thread.

The cord-thing is surprisingly unfussy, believe me.

More detail. www.veterok.net veterokforbooks.tumblr.com

These two found a new owner last week. The larger book is from my "Charybdis" series and the other one is a pocket-sized longstitch binding made of repurposed leather. www.veterok.net veterokforbooks.tumblr.com

Lovely, dirty, foxed book edge.

Two large, minimalistic longstitch books covered with black python skin. Ten sections of archival, natural white Munken Pure paper sewn on with gray linen thread. Both books have simple sewn-on black endpapers as well. Made for a customer. www.veterok.net veterokforbooks.tumblr.com

Two large, minimalistic longstitch books covered with black python skin. Ten sections of archival, natural white Munken Pure paper sewn on with gray linen thread. Both books have simple sewn-on black endpapers as well. Made for a customer. www.veterok.net veterokforbooks.tumblr.com

The name incunable refers to the first printed books that were made in Europe before the year 1501. Often they had hand-drawn or painted initials and sometimes illustrations. This one has handdrawn detailing in red ink for the first half of the book. I guess someone got bored after that.