Endpapers — the sheets connecting a hardbound book’s cover to its first and final pages — have been a crucial element of bookbinding for centuries. But in modern times, the pages often double as a ...

Bookbinding developed gradually, with the availability of materials and prevailing tastes dictating the details. One of the more overlooked aspects of book design was the creation of endpapers, when ...

A new exhibition at The Carle explores the often-overlooked creativity of endpapers—the decorated pages inside a book's covers—which have become an expanded artistic canvas in contemporary children's ...

Preliminary work -- Making the leather-jointed endpapers -- Edge treatment -- Preparing for sewing and sewing the text-block -- Rounding and backing -- Preparing the book boards -- Lacing on the book ...