title: Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art
author:  P. J. M. Marks 
description: Philippa Marks is Curator of Western Bookbindings at The British Library. She has written two other books, both published by the British Library: Treasures in Focus: Decorated Papers (2007) and The British Library Guide to Bookbinding (1998).
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  # Stripped Down
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Eden Butler
  
  
  ## Chelle Bliss
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](foreword.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Johnny](johnny.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Johnny](chapter-001.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Sammy](chapter-002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Johnny](chapter-003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Sammy](chapter-004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [Sammy](chapter-005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. [Johnny](chapter-006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  7\. [Sammy](chapter-007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  8\. [Sammy](chapter-008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  9\. [Johnny](chapter-009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  10\. [Sammy](chapter-010.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  11\. [Johnny](chapter-011.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  12\. [Sammy](chapter-012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  13\. [Johnny](chapter-013.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  14\. [Sammy](chapter-014.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  15\. [Sammy](chapter-015.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  17\. [Sammy](chapter-017.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  18\. [Johnny](chapter-018.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  19\. [Johnny](chapter-019.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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