The binding style — watoji — is Japanese.
He turned to bookbinding in the latter stages of a 25-year career as a graphic designer and, with a hand and eye seasoned by years of precision work, evolved a binding style all his own.
This streak of independence in Taft's opinions make it no surprise that he was one of Elbert Hubbard's admirers, and that must have influenced Taft's choice of the Roycroft binding style for this presentation to his colleague and friend Loveland Munson.
Each quarter we assign a binding style to one or two of our members.
The bookbinding of this book was added later, between late 18th century—early 19th century, in Portugal, following the binding style of the 18th century library of Mafra National Palace, using identical decoration and materials.
The book's Japanese fukuro toji (bound-pocket) binding style, with double folded pages, alludes to the story of human coupling within.
The book's Japanese fukuro toji (bound-pocket) binding style, with double folded pages, alludes to the story of human coupling within.
This is a Roycroft binding, a style created at the Roycroft handicraft community of East Aurora, New York, founded around 1895 by Elbert Hubbard, a successful salesman, eccentric social reformer and visionary, and Harvard dropout (cf Bill Gates).
Binding: A western style binding, sewn on double cords with raised endbands, covered with red velvet lined with paper over oak boards, beveled on the inside at the head, fore edge and tail only; spine strip detached at the upper cover and all but a small fragment hold it in place at head.
Greek-style binding of full brown leather over squared and grooved boards.
