Stephanie Kimbro Dolin

Bibliophile, Fine Press Printer, Writer, Collector, Former Lawyer in Legal Tech

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

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[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

My private press, First Bite Press, is opening up limited subscriptions to the Press. I'll be mailing out handmade work hot off the Press or out of the bindery every other month. #books #finepress #limitededition #booktok #romance #printing

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[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

Some photos from “Prison Writing Through the Ages,” a fascinating exhibit at the @HoughtonLib by @HarvardLibrary

The exhibit includes books by political prisoners & writers imprisoned for covering topics and ideas banned during their lifetimes. #books #rarebooks #bookhistory

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

@marclauritsen I know someone who would enjoy listening to that talk!

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

Making progress on the fine press limited edition book, The Canon of Aphrodisia. Adding in the artwork by Laurelin Gilmore and the mock-up for imposition is done! Ready to get on the press and print this book. #finepress #books #printing #bibliophile

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

@typepunchmatrix I’ve really enjoyed my copy of the romance bibliography. My mother and grandmother had some of those books and I’ve added them to my collection. As a result of reading this, I’ve dedicated a couple shelves in the library to collecting historical romance. Thanks!

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

Especially if you know how paper reacts with saliva and what babies do when teething.

[typepunchmatrix @typepunchmatrix]

Quite a bold claim

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

I have to wonder how many of these fun illustrations were added to cover up a slip or smudge of the scribe’s hand with a decoration. #manuscripts

[Librarian @WorcCathLibrary]

Today's Monday morning cartoon is a sort of slug-foliage-man crawling across the bottom of this Biblical commentary. (WCL F76 f.153r)

[Allie Alvis (mostly on 🦋 now) @book_historia]

If you’re a woman, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming person under the age of 30 and you collect, consider entering for the @honeyandwaxbks Honey and Wax prize!✨ The deadline is June 15. Find out more: https://t.co/el2NAem44H

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

Starting to read Matrix, printed at the Whittington Press, and it is a joy. Full of printing and book history. So much useful information for my own work, and samples of printing as well. #letterpress #finepress #printing #bibliophiles #books

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

I’ve never seen anything like this in a manuscript! Would love to know the process. @StanfordSpec does Stanford Manuscripts or Special Collections have anything similar in the collection? #manuscripts #books #bookhistory

[MaaikeDx 🖌 @RembrandtsRoom]

Unusual 14th c. French manuscript with margins cut like lace. Known as canivet, this method is often associated with much later periods, but this text/image layout suggests maybe the margins were planned this way.

[typepunchmatrix @typepunchmatrix]

Are you a book collector? Book collecting isn’t just about old, leather-bound books: it can be zines around a certain theme, multiple copies of a single book bought in different locations, special editions of your favorite mystery series, or anything you want it to be!

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, printed at The Ashendene Press, Chelsea, 1933 w/design binding by Angela James. James won first prize at the Designer Bookbinders International Competition 2022. #finepress #books #designbinding

[First Bite Press @FirstBitePress]

Hidden characters in the book manuscript in InDesign. This is the 4th pass through a collection of erotic tales. Publishing original writing is different than reprinting classics - more creative communication with living authors. #finepress #letterpress #printing #erotica #books

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

More paper testing & figuring out how many pages I can get per master sheet. Also checking typefaces.

This is Rives lightweight book paper in white (115gsm) w/Hanco Raven Black ink on wood engraving & plates of text and illustration. So far, so good.

#finepress #printing #books

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

Almost 20 yrs ago, I heard Robert Creeley read his poetry @UNCWilmington & he signed a copy of his book, Echoes. I recently acquired a fine press book of his poems, entitled Personal. It was printed by Peter Koch & illustrated by John Millei, 1998. #poetry #bookarts #finepress

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

Open studios at @Stanford Department of Art and Art History, including paper making and book arts taught by Michelle Wilson. #bookarts #papermaking

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

I spent a lovely couple of hours at Keith Cranmer’s studio this week before Colophon Club meeting at @CODEXFoundation.

Keith and I discussed progress on wood engravings for the book, & I had my first lesson in wood engraving. #bookarts #woodengraving #letterpress

[Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @StephKimbro]

And I thought printing 4-up was going to be a challenge.

Typographia, or the Printers’ Instructor…with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art, by J. Johnson, 1824, two volumes.
#printing #bookhistory #typography

[Bruce Kennett @WADwiggins]

Dwiggins’s stencil decoration for the opening of Chapter 9, “The Time Machine” (Random House, 1931).