Suave Mechanicals

Julia Miller, ‘Editor’s Preface’; Tom Conroy, ‘Two Groups of Newly Discovered Bookbinders’ Finishing Tool Makers’; Tom Conroy, ‘Jean Eschmann, 1896–1961’; Sue Donovan, ‘Caoutchouc Bindings: The Origin and Application of a Rubber-Based Adhesive in Nineteenth-Century Gift Books’; Eliza Jacobi, Karin Scheper and Eve Menei, ‘A Complete Coptic Codex: A Material Study and Conservation Approach of a Relatively Unknown Bound Papyrus Manuscript’; Jen Lindsay, ‘Coptic Bookbindings from Edfu in The British Library: A Reappraisal’; Julia Miller, ‘Puzzle Me Again: A Comparison of Two Early Coptic Bindings – Nag Hammadi Codex II and P. Bodmer XXIII’; Todd Pattison, ‘As Good as It Needs to Be: The Myth of Temporary Covers in American Book Production, 1700–1850’; Jeffrey S. Peachey, ‘“The Binder’s Curse”: John Bradford and Early Nineteenth-Century American Bookbinding’; David Plummer, Paul Hepworth and Karin Scheper, ‘Between Bag and Box: Characteristics and Conservation Issues of the Islamic Slipcase’; bibliographies and index.