American Bookbinders Museum

The American Bookbinders Museum celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding. Instagram: @american_bookbinders
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Meet David D. Levine and David M. Sandner at February SF in SF February 25 - https://t.co/jZ64W6KABG #sanfrancisco @winnig @BkBindersMuseum

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The American Bookbinders Museum will no longer be posting on X/Twitter. We will miss the news and contact with so many in the book community, but hope they will find us on Instagram or Facebook, or sign up for the museum's newsletter.

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On December 10, 1853 a fire destroyed the Harper & Bros. factory. By the New Year, Harpers had engaged architect James Broaddus to build a new facility filled with the latest binding and printing technology. Harper & Brothers is still with us as HarperCollins. #Fridayfacts

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Want something you won’t find anywhere else for the book lovers on your holiday list? The American BookBinders Museum’s Museum Shop has ABM-branded journals, pens, t-shirts, work aprons–and DIY Journal Kits!
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Most readers don’t see them: bright strips of fabric at the ends of a hardcover book’s spine. They’re head- and tailbands, and like almost everything about a binding, they have a purpose beyond the aesthetic: they are there to strengthen the book’s structure.
#Fridayfacts

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Want something you won’t find anywhere else for the book lovers on your holiday list? The American BookBinders Museum’s Museum Shop has artisan-crafted journals and jewelry, plus ABM-branded journals, t-shirts–even work aprons! https://t.co/Ta22Et4GZV

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Prophetic words from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington in 1792 — as apt and timely today as they were over 230 years ago.

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TODAY 6PM Meet E. Lily Yu, Rick Wilber, and @ChazBrenchley at November SF in SF - https://t.co/BxvAxdztvA @BkBindersMuseum @winnig #SanFrancisco

ADMISSION IS FREE FOR THIS EVENT

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TOMORROW 6PM Meet E. Lily Yu, Rick Wilber, and @ChazBrenchley at November SF in SF - https://t.co/BxvAxdztvA @BkBindersMuseum @winnig #SanFrancisco

ADMISSION IS FREE FOR THIS EVENT

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Between 1943 and 1947 over 122 million Armed Services Editions--small paperbacks-were published and distributed to soldiers in the field. The complete text of two books were printed “stacked,” the cover put in place, and then cut apart, yielding two books!
#VeteransDay

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THIS SUNDAY 6PM Meet E. Lily Yu, Rick Wilber, and @ChazBrenchley at November SF in SF - https://t.co/BxvAxdztvA @BkBindersMuseum @winnig #SanFrancisco

ADMISSION IS FREE FOR THIS EVENT

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Do you have a favorite book on bookbinding? Do you think the person who wrote it would be cheered to know how much their work has meant to them? Consider writing them a note–or giving them a shout-out right here!
#NationalAuthorDay

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Want to see something a little scary? Vic Lawson of SuetyFiddle, in Berkshire, UK, is a bookbinder and craftsperson who leans toward the wild side. Watch them creating a monster of a journal, with hand painted eyes and genuine shark’s teeth! https://t.co/eIwr09fff6

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Jean Grolier de Servières, viscount d'Aguisy, was a bibliophile and book collector. So notable was his collection that he gave his name to a binding style featuring geometrical strapwork, arabesques and fleurons.
#fridayfacts

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In creating a binding for Brandon Taylor’s Real Life Domenic Riley was reminded of the game Chutes and Ladders. “As a gay man I identified with [the protagonist's] journey, as, no matter how privileged we are, we all face prejudice from many quarters.”
#fridayfacts #LGBTQXMonth

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Banned Books Week was launched in 1982, the year the Supreme Court ruled, in Island Trees School District v. Pico, that school officials can’t ban books in libraries simply because of their content. What banned book will you be reading this week?
#bannedbooksweek2023

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Let’s hear it for glue! Even when books were individually hand-sewn, parts of the binding process required adhesive; until recently that adhesive was often animal glue. In the last 100 years, with the development of synthetic glues, more books are glued than sewn.
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Opening today at the American Bookbinders Museum! Stenciling in Book and Applied Arts: From Katazome to Pochoir. Don't miss the chance to see these stunning works, from now to December 30, Tuesday-Saturday from 10-4.

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September 23rd at 4pm at the American Bookbinders Museum, don’t miss an in-person collector’s talk and tour of Stenciling in Book and Applied Arts. Curator Alex Angell will share his knowledge of the art, history and technique of stenciling in Katazome, Pochoir and Taisho.