Thread/Sewn Bindung
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1AlexBookshelfFrog
Hello,
Does anyone know much about "book binding" ? For me personally, a thread-bound book is always a good sign of quality. I still have someone in mind there who does it by hand, but surely it is done by machine nowadays? I was recommended a book by Rosemary Sutcliff from Slightly Foxes. The book costs £18, is cloth bound and would be sewn bound.
I can't imagine that a machine wouldn't do it, i.e. mass production.
Are there extreme differences in thread binding? Even at Folio Society, where a book usually costs 6-9 times as much as a standard paperback or 2-3 times as much as a standard hardback, I can't imagine this being done by human hands.
Unless you pay people a pittance and even then it's inconceivable to me.
Maybe there are some experts here. As I said before, I always find it very difficult to find something like this on Google. I did find a video on thread binding, but that didn't really enlighten me either.
Best regards
Alex
Does anyone know much about "book binding" ? For me personally, a thread-bound book is always a good sign of quality. I still have someone in mind there who does it by hand, but surely it is done by machine nowadays? I was recommended a book by Rosemary Sutcliff from Slightly Foxes. The book costs £18, is cloth bound and would be sewn bound.
I can't imagine that a machine wouldn't do it, i.e. mass production.
Are there extreme differences in thread binding? Even at Folio Society, where a book usually costs 6-9 times as much as a standard paperback or 2-3 times as much as a standard hardback, I can't imagine this being done by human hands.
Unless you pay people a pittance and even then it's inconceivable to me.
Maybe there are some experts here. As I said before, I always find it very difficult to find something like this on Google. I did find a video on thread binding, but that didn't really enlighten me either.
Best regards
Alex
2wcarter
All FS books are Smyth sewn by machine.
Hand sewn books are in the realm of expensive very limited editions of fine press books.
Hand sewn books are in the realm of expensive very limited editions of fine press books.
3AlexBookshelfFrog
>2 wcarter:
Found a Video 🙂 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hH9jB2rzQlM)
So there is only Smyth Sewn binding and Sewn binding by hand for fine press ?
Found a Video 🙂 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hH9jB2rzQlM)
So there is only Smyth Sewn binding and Sewn binding by hand for fine press ?
4dyhtstriyk
>1 AlexBookshelfFrog: Slightly Foxed books are all printed and bound by Smith Settle in Yorkshire. They have a video on their website about their printing and binding process and yep, it’s all done by a machine
5ubiquitousuk
>1 AlexBookshelfFrog: if you want to see how a real craftsman handles binding for some of those expensive books mentioned in >2 wcarter:, check out Roger Grech on Instagram.
