Edition binding is a speciality at Praxis Bindery. The conservation and restoration of older books, coupled with a broad and in-depth exploration into bookbinding has given the staff at Praxis Bindery a unique insight into the strengths and weaknesses demonstrated by certain materials and structural techniques over the lifetime of older, rare books.
Those observations have led to a solid understanding in the importance of well grounded techniques and high quality materials. It is the basis for the functionality and long life that a well designed binding holds. Edition binding isn’t about speed but about care.
Praxis Bindery integrates techniques that have proven themselves throughout history with new techniques that further the strength and durability of the book. Newer archival materials in combination with long-standing, tried and true materials such as leather, parchment and handmade papers bring beauty along with their inherent strength, creating a book that not only is beautiful but extremely long lasting. Praxis Bindery works closely with publishers, fine presses and individuals so they may realize the true potential in an edition.
Flesh & Spirit - Bound in 2004 for 21st Editions.
Disasters of Love: A Defense of Delilah - Michael Kuch. Bound in 2009 for Double Elephant Press.
Listen: Herman Leonard and His World of Jazz - Introduction by Quincy Jones, Afterward by Steven Albahari. Bound in 2010 for 21st Editions.
Crowd and Shadows of the Dream - Photographs and poems (Crowd) by Misha Gordin. Bound in 2007 for 21st Editions.
Conservation and rebinding of records for the Society of the Cincinnati. Bound in 2015.
The Imponderable Heart of Meaning - Poems by John Wood, Photographs by Steven Albahari. Bound in 2013 for 21st Editions.
The Journal of Joel-Peter Witkin, Folio and Journal. Bound in 2009 for 21st Editions.
The Prophecies of William Blake - Photographs by Mitch Dobrowner. Bound in 2011 for 21st Editions.
The Prophecies of William Blake - Photographs by Mitch Dobrowner. Bound in 2011 for 21st Editions.
The Symmetry of Endeavor - Photographs by Rondal Partridge. Bound in 2012 for 21st Editions.
To the Wheatlight of June - Photographs by Ben Nixon, Poems by Steven Brown. Bound in 2012 for 21st Editions
To the Wheatlight of June - Photographs by Ben Nixon, Poems by Steven Brown. Bound in 2012 for 21st Editions
Toward Omega - Photographs by Vincent Serbin, Poems by Daniel Westover. Bound in 2004 for 21st Editions.
Worlds Apart - Photographs by Michael Murray, Texts by Gideon Bosker and John Stauffer. Bound in 2014 for 21st Editions.
Misery - Stephen King. Bound in 2017 for Suntup Editions.
The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608, facsimile. Bound in 2007 for the Folger Shakespeare Library in celebration of the Library's 75th anniversary.
Relativity - Photographs by Wynn Bullock - Special Relativity by Albert Einstein. Bound in 2016 for 21st Editions.
The Symmetry of Endeavor - Photographs by Rondal Partridge. Bound 2012 for 21st Editions.
The Symmetry of Endeavor - Photographs by Rondal Partridge. Bound 2012 for 21st Editions.
Flowers of Evil - Photographs by Eikoh Hosoe. Poems by Charles Baudelaire. Bound in 2005 for 21st Editions.
Hunting the Big Five - Text by Robin Hurt, Illustrations by Alan Robinson. Bound in 2000 for Safari Press.
Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors - Bound in 2021 for private client.
Flatland - Photographs by Michael Jackson, text by Edwin Abbott Abbott. Bound in 2017 for 21st Editions.
The Journal of Contemporary Photography - Bound in 2003 for 21st Editions.
The Journal of Contemporary Photography - Bound in 2003 for 21st Editions.
Edition of Classic Salmon Fly Patterns - Bound in 2013 for Michael D. Radencich.
Memories - Photographs by Arthur Tress, Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire. Bound in 2004 for 21st Editions.