tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post6931928233792613312..comments2024-02-19T09:19:13.164-08:00Comments on Bookbinder's Chronicle: The Family Devotional Bible by The London Printing & PublishingMHRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05865432334906927871noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-13682088657886749622016-10-14T11:48:02.430-07:002016-10-14T11:48:02.430-07:00Hi all I have the volume 1 if some buddy is intere...Hi all I have the volume 1 if some buddy is interested mail me vicken1122111@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068438064687053441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-84856265397870917722014-05-11T07:24:20.501-07:002014-05-11T07:24:20.501-07:00I have a volume marked as "Eightieth thousand...I have a volume marked as "Eightieth thousand" (cf your second photo), and I was puzzled to read (at the bottom of the list of illustrations, and immediately before the opening of Genesis) my copy's instructions to the Binder. However this would be useful if various Binders were asked to assemble the entire volume by individual Subscribers on completion of (or some time after completion of) the serialised publication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-54148758583002212642013-12-10T12:05:31.057-08:002013-12-10T12:05:31.057-08:00Wow, thank you very much for the information! I le...Wow, thank you very much for the information! I learned something new today! <-- my daily goal. ;-)MHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865432334906927871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-6572639320434103202013-12-10T08:11:26.141-08:002013-12-10T08:11:26.141-08:00I own one of the family devotional bibles by Matth...I own one of the family devotional bibles by Matthew Henry. The reason there is no publishing date is that it was not published at one time. This volume was published in 16 parts. To acquire a complete copy one had to start a subscription in 1840 and maintain the subscription until 1861 or 2. Anyone who acquired all 16 parts could submit them to be bound. My copy does have a publishing date of 1865. The dates that individual copies were bound could vary considerably.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238058048599053804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-51715847393867865382012-06-10T19:47:33.383-07:002012-06-10T19:47:33.383-07:00Hi Drimitris! Aren't those pains horrible!? Ah...Hi Drimitris! Aren't those pains horrible!? Ah, now I have another person with whom I can commiserate the hardship of being a craftsman/woman! And yes! We do use tall stools because they indeed help when it comes to detailed works like finishing.<----mentally stressful as well...(No mistakes allowed!!AH!) But you see, I'm not a big person, as you can imagine.. (I'm an Asian after all! Genetically we are smaller people!), so when it comes to handling super heavy things, it just cripple me. Anyway, the pain's gone now, so I feel wonderful now!MHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865432334906927871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-13951563470279845772012-06-06T08:26:44.123-07:002012-06-06T08:26:44.123-07:00Saw this post and sighed.
After serious amounts (...Saw this post and sighed. <br />After serious amounts (many days in a row) of finishing or backing there is always a string of pain starting from the neck and going all the way down to the fingertips of my right arm. I can really feel you there.<br /><br />I was just the other day explaining to someone how hard bookbinding is physically to craftsmen of the sort. Many hours of standing, bent over a bench, applying pressure while being in all kinds of uncomfortable postures for the spine and last but not least with a constant focus on details that are half a mm in size. One that just enters the bindery for a few minutes can't really understand how grueling binding can be to body and mind. <br />The only thing I've found that helps is having a really tall bench (mine is 45inches high), it saves you a lot of back strains and possibly from more serious issues as time goes by.<br /><br />Oh, and such thick and heavy books are truly troublesome to work with. Like binder-hating Behemoths! The interior looks lovely though.Dimitris Koutsipetsidishttp://koutsipetsidis.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com