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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

If you are interested in purchasing or evaluating the quality of hand bound books here are some of the things I look for as a sign of "high quality"

1. Look at the "headband" this is the place where the pages meet the spine. A headband can be hand sewn, glued, or some combination of both. It's where the skill of the bookbinder really shows. Is it neat? Does it seem durable? Do you like how it looks?

2. Look at the spine. Spines can be flat, rounded, they may feature sewing in some styles.

A hand sewn headband with a soft spine on a very well made hand bound book.
This is also a nice hand bound book, but there have been some "short cuts" the headband is present, but it's machine made, just a strip of fabric to protect the top of the signature folds. This is still a fairly high quality book, but not in the same league as the first one.