Best Professional/Non-professional Bindings
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FINE CUT AWARD FOR FINISHING
Zinne Reelden
by Herman Hugo
Bound by Geert Van Daal, Dodwaard, Netherlands
FINE BINDING Category
Professional
Covered in full Brown Morocco, gold tooled geometric design. Toned handmade paper endleaves, leather joints, hand sewn endbands, covered full brown goatskin, gold tooled design, housed in goatskin and paper drop back box – also gold tooled.
HARMATAN AWARD FOR FORWARDING
Till Eulenspiegel
by Gerhart Hauptmann
Bound by Irene Kranz, Germany
FINE BINDING Category
Professional
Red French binding with chemise and slipcase. Morocco leather with onlays, gilt edges, gold tooling, hand sewn end bands, hand made coloured endpapers.
INSTITUTE OF BOOKBINDERS & ALLIED TRADES AWARD FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP
Carta de Anastasio el pollo sobre el beneficio de la Senora La Grua
by Estnislao del Campo
Bound by Maria Sol Rebora, Buenos Aires, Argentina
FINE BINDING Category
Professional
French binding construction, covered in natural box skin, yellow and beige goatskin leather. Beige goatskin doublures. Natural box skin flyleaves. Embroidered head cap.
J HEWIT & SONS AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Binding Structures in the Middle Ages
by Berthe van Regemorter
Bound by Christine Sieber, Hamburg, Germany
FINE BINDING Category
Professional
Bradel-binding with attached covers in polycarbonate. The polycarbonate covers are varnished with car lacquer using airbrushing technique. The spine is made of water snake skin in grey.
J HEWIT & SONS AWARD FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP
And the Ass Saw the Angel
by Nick Cave
Bound by Kate Holland, Bath, UK
FINE BINDING Category
Professional
Hand dyed orange alum-tawed goatskin with black goat onlay. Scratches. Black sprinkled edges, orange leather end bands, offset printed endpaper on black Bible paper.
J HEWIT & SONS AWARD FOR DESIGN
L’Infinito
by Giacomo Leopardi
Bound by Susanne Natterer, Freiburg, Germany
FINE BINDING Category
Professional
Stub-binding, non-adhesive binding covered in full leather, Mingei-Shi endpapers.
