Your Step-by-Step Guide to Book Binding

One of the finest crafts anyone can learn is the art of book binding. Binding a book involves much more than some glue and a little heat. In fact, it was brought to high perfection in the monasteries and many a monk spent a lifetime binding a single volume. Early writings were done on scrolls of parchment which were rolled when not in use.

As time passed and techniques improved, we have realized the binding of today's book has vastly improved as well. Nonetheless, many today are more intere...