Bernard C. Middleton (1924–2019)

A memoir by the grand old man of bookbinding. This book includes colour prints of most of Middleton's modern designed bindings, as well as some in black-and-white. He is an artist, as well as a craftsman, though he proudly describes himself as the latter.

He is also ingenious in a pinch. "I love cats individually, but en masse they have tried my patience inordinately. On one occasion I found that a pile of newly-bound books which were ready for collection had stuck together, the cause of which calamity need not be spelt out. It occurred to me to pour ammonia between them, a cunning wheeze which worked like a charm, and there was no residual staining."… (más)