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• Conservation OnLine - http://sul-server-2.stanford.edu/
• Conservation OnLine (CoOL), a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, cover a wide spectrum of topics of interest to professionals involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
• Binding Time and Space - http://loki.stockton.edu/~kinsellt/litresources/binding/latin13/intro.html
• Examining a Renaissance Italian Manuscript in the Computer Age.
• The Collector's Guide - http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa010.shtml
• Conserving works in paper.
• Ellen and Reed's Handcrafted Books - http://www.openaccess.org/~rebooks/
• Handcrafted notebooks, journals, and photographs. Hardcover books plus books with leather and wooden covers. Located in Bellingham, Washington.
• The St. John's Bible - http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/
• Being created by scribes in a scriptorium in Wales, the St. John's Bible will be the first handwritten, illuminated Bible in the modern era.
• Page Two, Inc - http://www.bookarts.com/
• Resources and inspiration for artists and other specialists working in the fields of papermaking, printmaking, book design, letterpress, traditional/contemporary bookbinding, artists' books, and related endeavors.
• Bay Area Book Arts - http://sfbookarts.com/
• Provides resources for San Francisco area book artists, including a calendar, list of organizations, and directory of local stores and classes.
• Book Arts Web - http://www.philobiblon.com/
• Reference site for all the book arts with tutorials, links, publications, galleries. Home page of the Book_Arts-L listserv.
• If'n Books and Marks - http://www.ifnbooks.com/
• Handmade by Debora Dormody at a small bindery in Rhode Island.
• Incline Press - http://www.inclinepress.com/
• A small, private press that prints limited-edition books by letterpress using a platen press and binds them by hand. Their books are usually illustrated, either with wood engravings or cuts, linocuts or line blocks, and are often hand-coloured with stencils
• Colophon Page - http://www.colophon.com/
• Internet community of collectors, dealers, creators and lovers of the fine publishing arts.
• Making Books with Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord - http://www.makingbooks.com/
• Tips and projects for teachers, parents, and children.
• Personal Visions: Artists' Books at the Millennium: An Exhibitiion - http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/artistsbook/index.htm
• An exhibition of artists' books from the collection of the University of Delaware's Special Collections Department. The web exhibit mirrors an actual exhibition on view from January 15 until June 9, 2002.
• Boxcar Press - http://www.boxcarpress.com/
• Boxcar Press publishes letterpress printed books and broadsides. Offers printing and photopolymer services to meet the needs of artists, designers, and others who love fine printing.
• Book Art Museum - http://www.book.art.pl/
• Publisher of rare and artistic books, collection of old printing machines and equipment, paper mill, typefoundery, exhibitions, educational programs. In English and Polish.
• Books By Hand - http://www.booksbyhand.co.uk/
• Handcrafted wooden-bound books and albums, some inset with an ammonite or Whitby jet.
• Mission Creek Press - http://www.missioncreekpress.com/
• Artist's books and custom commercial work created by Roberta Lavadour under the Mission Creek Press imprint. Located in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon.
• Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison - http://www.gracialouise.com/
• This site offers artists' books created by two contemporary visual artists based in Melbourne, Australia.
• Book Sequence Gallery - http://www.sramek.ca/
• Contains photo-based bookworks and photographs by Canadian artist Peter Sramek, as well as his students and other artists.
• Handmade Books by Joe Herring Jr. - http://flashprinting.com/deft.htm
• Handmade books and blank books, bound by hand in three styles (Japanese Binding).
• Havilah Press - http://www.havilahpress.com/
• Site highlighting the work, activities, and projects of a private press in the San Francisco Bay Area which focuses on letterpress printing with handpresses, unique editions, and hand bookbinding.
• Priscilla Foster Handmade Books - http://priscillafoster.com/
• Priscilla Foster handmade books handcrafts fine custom scrapbooks, photo albums, wedding albums, baby books, writing journals and other custom albums.
• Foolscap Press - Bindery and Publishers - http://www.foolscappress.com/
• Foolscap Press is a small letterpress printing, hand binding and publishing company. We publish limited edition hand made books and do custom printing, binding and portfolio case construction.
• Paper Birds - http://www.paperbirds.com/
• Handmade books and boxes made by book artist Joanne Kluba.
• Sutton Hoo Press - http://suttonhoopress.com/
• A literary fine art press, publishes contemporary literature, poetry and fiction in hand bound, letterpress limited editions.
• One Heart Press - http://www.oneheartpress.com/
• Fine letterpress printers serving the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We print stationery, invitations and artists' books.
• Mark Hiner's Pop-Up Books - http://www.markhiner.co.uk/
• Paper engineer, Mark Hiner, shows examples of his pop-ups and interactive books. Includes a short history of pop-ups and how to make pop-up books.
• Book Arts Jam - http://www.bookartsjam.org/
• The yearly Book Arts Jam features the work of more than 50 book artists, zine publishers, letterpress printers, fine binders and printmakers. The Jam takes place every fall on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA.
• Dreaming Mind Handmade Books - http://www.dreamingmind.com/
• Don Drake of Dreaming Mind creates unique handmade journals, albums, guest books, and appointment books. Creator of the True Step binding system.
• Lark Sparrow Press - http://www.larksparrowpress.com/
• Lark Sparrow is a private press dedicated to contemporary works of fiction and poetry.
• The Little Farm Press - http://members.aol.com/lfarmpress/
• Miniature books, travel books, etchings, botanical books, illustrated books, copper plate printing, gocco, linocut, watercolors, art. Also has a selection of book arts links.
• Gracie Sparkles Books - http://www.graciesparkles.com
• A gallery and shop featuring hand-bound books and other items created by gracie sparkles, a journalism student, bookbinder and printmaker from Ohio.
• Ergo Pers - http://www.artistsbooks.be/
• Publisher of books and editions of French and English poetry.
• Ukulele Books - http://www.baymoon.com/~ukulelebooks/
• Features a series of artist books made out of ukuleles by Peter and Donna Thomas.
• Peng Peng Wang's Art Conservation/Art Gallery - http://www.pengpengwang.com/
• Art Conservation/Restoration for paintings, paper, books, and photographs in San Francisco Bay area. Artist's books and fabric art created by Peng Peng Wang.
• Bridal Bookquet - http://bayimages.net/bridal-bookquet/
• Features the flower-shaped books the Bay Area Book Artists (BABA) made for a bridal wedding bookquet.
• Karen Hanmer - http://www.karenhanmer.com/
• A gallery of installation, rebound, and altered books using a variety of materials and binding techniques.
• Maher Bindery - http://www.bindery.maher1.net/
• Specializes in the restoration and repair of books. Also offers bookbinding, box making and blank books and journals.
• Meadow Press - http://hometown.aol.com/leighm4896/meadowpress.html?f=fs
• Limited edition printed letterpress from metal types on mouldmade and handmade papers with emphasis on hand techniques, high standards in craft, and harmony of design and text.
• Mosher Press - http://marauder.millersville.edu/~mosher/index1.html
• Website devoted to the history of what is described as "the first significant private press in America." Includes a biography of its founder, information on notable exhibitions and collections of Mosher Press editions, and other information valuable to collectors of rare books.
• Susan Angebranndt Books - http://www.greenchairpress.com/
• Gallery of handbound artist and illustrated books.
• Acme Bookbinding - http://www.acmebook.com/
• Family owned full service bindery business based in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Sells bindery, digital, and custom bindery services.
• Bookbinding and Royal Bindings - http://periodfinebindings.typepad.com/
• Paul Tronson, A master bookbinder, restores antiquarian books, bibles and objects to period using original tools and techniques.
• About Bookbinding - http://www.aboutbookbinding.com
• Contains the entire contents of The Art of Bookbinding, published in London in 1897 and The Care of Books published in 1902.
• CaiLun Info - http://www.cailun.info/
• Paper and book making resources, news, supplies, information, tools, techniques, and artists.
• Denis Gouey Bookbinding Studio - http://bookbinding.com
• Bookbinding design and restoration of books as well as preservation and presentation of important documents.
• Artists Books - http://www.aragopress.arago.co.uk/
• Background material to the development of book printing, type and the printing press. There are sections on both the fine printing of the private press movement and experimentation of book art.
• Confessions Of A Bookplate Junkie - http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com/
• A weblog by Lew Jaffe about collecting bookplates. Their design, history, and information about bookplates.
• Lost Crafts: The Printed Book - http://www.lostcrafts.com/printed-book/book-main.html
• Contents of The Printed Book by Harry G. Aldis Cambridge at the University Press printed in 1916.
• Briar Press - http://www.briarpress.org/
• A searchable site includes an online letterpress museum and glossary, free downloadable eps images, and a directory of resources.
• Accent on Images - http://voxlibris.claremont.edu/sc/exhibits/accent/lo_accentonimages.htm
• Online exhibition showcasing illustrated books in modern foreign languages from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries selected from the collections of the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges.