The process of publishing a book in 1947 was different than it is today.
posted by gman on Mar 4, 2011 - 27 comments

For more than one hundred years, the Guild of Bookworkers has been judging books by some pretty amazing covers.
posted by Horace Rumpole on Dec 7, 2010 - 6 comments

Strange Elongated Skulls have popped up everywhere from Russia, to Europe, to South America. The most likely explanation is that it is a form of head binding. [more inside]
posted by banished on Jun 21, 2009 - 42 comments

Rebinding a 1518 printing of Ovid's Metamorphoses. [Via]
posted by homunculus on May 17, 2009 - 17 comments

NOTICE OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENT: [more inside]
posted by bigmusic on Nov 27, 2007 - 101 comments