Black Cat Bindery.: limited edition

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Friday, 5 April 2019

Antiquarian books

Just thought I would share with people the kind of books we get in for a bit of TLC.

Looking around the bindery I found this pile of lovely looking books and thought it would be a little snap shot of what we deal with in the bindery on a weekly / monthly basis.

We restore antiquarian leather and cloth books as well as make clamshell storage boxes for the really special editions.

Some books just need a little clean while others are here to be restored and /or boxed.

Our clamshell storage boxes are handmade using double thickness boards with interlocking corners for strength and rigidity. Covered in a multitude of different fabrics or leathers we can produce a box to suit any book or occasion be it for storage purposes or a presentation evening.

Below is a little video of a little cloth covered storage box for some rather lovely poetry books by Gustav Regler. Printed and bound in Mexico in 1943. illustrated by Alice Paalen and Louise Vogeler-Regler. One is signed by Regler and Paalen and is copy number 12 of 50. The pair of books also come with a photograph of Regler at a dinner party.......... I love a bit of history

We can also make storage boxes to look like leather bound books. These can stand on your library bookshelf and echo the look of book it is protecting. No more horrid, ugly storage solutions.

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Angela Carter - Tigers Bride

Limited Edition Private Press book printed by Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge with 14 lino cut illustrations by Corinna Sargood and bound by Black Cat Bindery, Somerset.

The Rampant Lions Press was founded by Will Carter, and published its first

book in 1936. Will’s son Sebastian joined the Press full-time in 1966. Over the

years the Press built up a reputation as one of the leading fine presses in the

world. Sebastian retired at the end of 2008, and closed the workshop.

Corinna Sargood, a life long friend, worked with Carter intensively on

image-centered adaptations of her work: Sargood illustrated the two

Virago books of fairy tales edited by Carter; and painted pictures for the

film The Magic Toyshop, adapted from Carter's 1967 novel.

We have a few copies left of this book. If you are interested in buying a copy

Email info@blackcatbindery for info

Monday, 29 August 2011

Limited Edition of FEET OF CLAY by Paul Muldoon.

Limited Edition of FEET OF CLAY by Paul Muldoon
Designed and Printed by John Grice at Evergreen Press in 16pt Lutetia on Magnani paper.

Limited to 112 copies signed by author, 100 copies bound in wrappers and 12 copies bound in quarter Morocco. Bound by BL:ACK CAT BINDERY, Somerset
First published by Four Candles Press Oxford
Engraving by NEIL BOUSFIELD

Bound by Black Cat Bindery, Somerset in yellow ochre Morocco goatskin spine with black sides. Black leather label cut at an angle and gold title running down the spine. The leather spine has also been cut at an angle to echo Neil Boulsfields engraving.