The Art of
American Book Covers

    Gilian the Dreamer by Neil Munro Dodd, Mead, 1899 cover by Thomas Watson Ball, unsigned The covers of T. W. Ball were completely negl...

The Art of American Book Covers, 1875-1930 is now in bookstores and available online. Here are some quotes, with links to the full revie...

One of the most beautiful techniques employed on publishers' bindings was stamping in bright and matte gold. This could be accomplished ...

I am pleased to announce that George Braziller is publishing a trade edition of my work on American Publishers' Bindings titled The Art...

 [This was originally posted Friday, October 9, but had a technical problem and had to be reposted.] The first post on this blog showed t...

Among the first of the artists who transformed commercial binding design, Sarah de St. Prix Wyman Whitman was a hard working visionary who i...

Continuing yesterday's topic, here is an example of a series of books issued by L. C. Page with the related design format for each title...