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With the New York Antiquarian Book Fair starting today on the Upper East Side, we visited the Henry Bookbinding Company in Manhattan to see how books were made in our city’s past.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2017

"It will … never be as much as it used to be," said Mariana Blau, who runs A-1 Bookbinding, which has been operating in downtown Los Angeles for 55 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2014

Bookbinding and publishing lore once were the province of library schools.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2011

Bookbinding and carpentry were taught, and at Christmas "the embryo cabinet-maker made boxes with locks and hinges, finished, veneered and polished."

From The Child under Eight by Murray, E. R. (Elsie Riach)

Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: Containing full instructions in the different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing.

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua