The New Bookbinder : Journal of Designer Bookbinders. Volume 24, 2004. Special issue incorporating the catalogue of Designer Bookbinders' exhibition at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 25 September 2004 - 24 January, 2005

Designer Bookbinders, London, original journal issue, 2004. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 103 pp, ads, plates (some colour), ills. This is the annual journal for 2004 of Designer Bookbinders," the principal bookbinding society in Great Britain and one of the foremost in the world devoted to the craft". The journal covers all aspects of binding, and includes articles on binding design, methods and techniques, contemporary and historical movements, profiles of prominent binders worldwide, book and small press reviews. Contents include: Preface, by Lester Capon; WYSIWYG: An Introduction to TNB 24 , by Jeff Clements; The Bibliotheca Wittockiana , by Annie De Coster; Catalogue of the Exhibition: The Alec Taylor Collection of Commissioned Bindings, by Alec Taylor; Back-Pared Onlays: Endymion, by Glenn Bartley; The Pattern Poems of George Herbert, by Lester Capon; The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, by Stephen Conway; I Remember...The Journey from Book to Binding, by Jenni Grey; Peake's Alice, by Angela James; A Slight Departure from the Norm...Through the Woods and Down the River, by Peter Jones; Awareness the Creator of Everything , by Philip Smith; The Bookbinding Competition 2003 and the Man Booker Bindings. Near Fine.