JIM BROCKMAN

Jim Brockman, former President of the Society of Bookbinders, has for many years been an innovator of new structures and techniques. He runs a successful business with his son Stuart, doing both conservation and fine binding work.

www.brockmanbookbinders.com

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Four Quartets
by T.S. Eliot.
The Rampant Lions Press, 1997.
435 x 320 x 35mm.
Bound: 1997.
Collection: The National Art Library,
V&A, London.


Concave spine binding, black goatskin over sculptured boards, tooled with a pair of specially made tools (negative and positive) in three shades of gold leaf and palladium leaf.
The Doves Bindery
by Marianne Tidcombe.
The British Library, London 1991.
289 x 228mm.
Bound: 1993.
Collection: The British Library, London

Rigid concave spine binding with dark blue goatskin covered boards, Cobden-Sanderson style tooling and painted brass hinges.