Stephanie J. Gibbs | Bookbinding & Conservation

Consultations are available by appointment; there is no fee for a basic consultation : please email stephanie.gibbs@gmail.com or telephone (413) 570-0077.
The current price schedule is available to download in pdf format.

Historic bindings can be recreated, even if they are of recent vintage. The samples below are modern versions of original publisher's bindings. [1] [2] [3]
A new creation of an original paperback book. The covers were photocopied from an archival copy, printed onto yellow paper, and then aged in acrylics. The client had the original text -- but a few pages were missing, and so were the covers.

Publisher's bindings in quarter cloth with paper over boards, paper labels. Publisher's binding in quarter goatskin, raised bands, marbled paper, gold stamped leather label.

– 17th & 18th Century bindings – 19th & 20th Century bindings – design bindings – artist's books – paper manipulation – fables –

Please email stephanie.gibbs@gmail.com or telephone (413) 570-0077 for an appointment.
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