Book design
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The art & history of books
More making books by hand
The ideal book
Painted Paper
Making Journals by Hand
Creating Books & Boxes
Pop-up paper engineering
Penguin by design
Aspects of contemporary book design
The art of the handmade book
The Clothing of Books
How to Make Books
The Elements of Typographic Style
Publication design
How To Make Pop-Ups
Art Of Mcsweeneys
Handmade books
Seven hundred penguins
Bauhaus, modernism and the illustrated book
Literacy through the book arts
Expressive handmade books
Mesotext
Words about pictures
Fabric Picture Books
The Persian album, 1400-1600
Making Books with Kids
Neue Typographie
Making shaped books
Fabric memory books
The printers' guide, or, An introduction to the art of printing
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