Australian Publications and Conference Proceedings

QBG Library – Australian Publications and Conference Proceedings

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Ref. Title Publisher Date Author Synopsis
H1 The Pleasures of Pattern Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1968 Justema, William How to improve your skills in designing patterns. Lots of black and white illustrations.
H2 Victorian Bookbinders Guild Occasional Publication One Victorian Bookbinders Guild 1987 Several articles address these topics: paper making and decoration, the construction of books, Leather, Why is gold leaf so thin?, Bookbinding at home and abroad.
H3 Directory of Suppliers Victorian Bookbinders Guild 1986 Mostly Victorian. Also ‘Notes & Observations’ on archival materials, gold foils, cutting mats, leather merchants, paper sizes, etc. Glossary of bookbinding and printing terms.
H4 The First National Conference of Craft Bookbinders, Australia Craft Bookbinders Guild Inc. 1984 Papers printed from this conference are: Conservation, repair and preservation of books and manuscripts in Trinity College, Dublin; Guarding and filing archives; Contemporary French bookbinding; Bookbinding supplies in Australia; Case binding for Lock’s Press; Conceptual design; A history of marbling; Eight methods of onlay; Adhesives in bookbinding; Structure, productions and conservation of leather and parchment; Handmade paper making in Australia; Edge gilding; Graphite edges; Sewing methods; The simplified binding; Leather paring using a French paring knife; The construction of a leather bound presentation box; Headbands; variations on a theme; Tooling in leather; edge gilding; The art and craft of watercolour marbling; Making a two core French headband; Pamphlet and presentation boxes; Making paper from plants. Concepts in design techniques. There are some illustrations. Soft cover.
H5 The First National Conference of Craft Bookbinders, Australia Craft Bookbinders Guild Inc. 1984 Contents as for H4. Case bound volume.
H6 What is Leather? Australian Leather Institute
H7 The Art of the Japanese Package Craft Board of Australia Council 1979 Contains ideas which could be used in box making for books. Exhibition catalogue.
H8a Books and Bindings, QBG, Occasional Publication No.1 Queensland Bookbinders Guild Inc. 1983 Paper contributed: Domestic care of books in a warm climate; Preserving a Book’s Complete Informational Character in Rebinding; The Restoration of Leather Bindings; T.J.Codben-Sanderson and the Doves Bindery; Sarah Prideau’s attempts at pattern making; the Riviere Bindery; The Printed Book and Craftsmanship; Limp Vellum Bindings for the Kelmscott Press; A binding by Wall Taylor; A method of covering a Single-Section Book; Book Sewing Styles; Endpaper construction; papers for Endpapers.
H8b Books and Bindings, QBG, Occasional Publication No.1 Queensland Bookbinders Guild Inc. 1983 Paper contributed: Domestic care of books in a warm climate; Preserving a Book’s Complete Informational Character in Rebinding; The Restoration of Leather Bindings; T.J.Codben-Sanderson and the Doves Bindery; Sarah Prideau’s attempts at pattern making; the Riviere Bindery; The Printed Book and Craftsmanship; Limp Vellum Bindings for the Kelmscott Press; A binding by Wall Taylor; A method of covering a Single-Section Book; Book Sewing Styles; Endpaper construction; papers for Endpapers.
H9 Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers Australian Government
H10 Australian Paper Crafts Magazine, No 26 2004 Articles by June McNicol, Ian and Lorraine Bates
H11 Australian Artists’ Book Forum Feb 2005 Classes, conference, exhibitions, lectures
H12 Australian Bookbinders Exhibition 2007 2007 Illustrated catalogue showing binder, title, artist or author of works exhibited in Art Gallery of NSW and Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston in 2007
H13 a/b DVD – QBG Publicity 2000 to 2006 Queensland Bookbinders’ Guild Inc 2006 Various Interviews about and brief demonstrations of QBG activities
H14 CD – QBG Photographs 2005 2007 Illustrated catalogue showing binder, title, artist or author of works exhibited in Art Gallery of NSW and Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston in 2007
H15 Hamilton Amateur Wheelers Founded 1908 Not shown 2008 Lynam, Frank Past QBG member Frank Lynam OBE, wrote this book to celebrate 100 years of amateur cycling. Frank donated a copy to the QBG Library.

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