A weird thread: post a pic of your most precious book!!

[rsaavedra]

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Originally Posted by Jeff Wong rsaavedra - Thanks for posting that. It was really cool to see. I've got a bookbinding book or two and some archival materials. I've been meaning to make some clamshell boxes for several of my books, but, I've been lazy about getting all the right materials. It's stupid not to, because there is a great archival supply place in the city and a bookbinding school that offers classes right near it... one of these days. Anyway, your post was inspirational.

Glad to hear that Jeff, hope you'll get motivated and start either with the books or the bookbinding class, or both. Speaking of bookbinding books, I have one: "Hand Bookbinding, A Manual of Instruction", by A. A. Watson, very nice and highly recommended. Shows in detail the proper signature sewing and many other techniques that I haven't even tried yet.

 

[dvallere]

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Originally Posted by Jeff Wong Donna - My friend, Bob Fingerman, is a huge Kelly fan. Years ago, for one of his birthdays, I tracked down a signed copy of the Jack Acid Society Black Book for him. I also gave him the Pogo LP and corresponding hardcover book.

AAAH! I have almost every Pogo book, thanks to a rampage through ebay a few years ago, but nothing signed...Lucky Bob.

I dabbled in bookbinding for a while but ended up not finding it worth it (my goal was to make custom blank books to make notes for a historical novel I'd planned to write, which plans have completely gone down the drain!). I started by making some small kits from Volcano Book Arts (www.volcanobookarts.biz), which was an excellent introduction. VBA seems to cater to both the people who want to make cutesy books and serious bookbinders. Maybe something there could get you started?

 

[Captain]

Being a chef I am a collector of cookery book's I have around 700 . The selection of antique ones I have are my favorite, especially Elizabeth Raffald English Housekeeper which dates from 1782.

 

[seeberg]

Besides the works of my own doing, the following two are a close second and third: Think Like Amano (Yo****aka Amano/Art Compilation) and Cowboy Bebop (vol.1/Yutaka Nanten, Hajime Yatate/Manga), respectively. Think Like Amano set me back a good C-Note, and the Cowboy Bebop was a gift to me from a friend.

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Abe

 

[Jeff Wong]

Captain - Have you tried making any/many of the recipes in the Elizabeth Raffald book, or any of the older cookbooks? It would be interesting to get a sense of how a meal from 1782 might differ from more modern fare.

 

[Captain]

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Originally Posted by Jeff Wong Captain - Have you tried making any/many of the recipes in the Elizabeth Raffald book, or any of the older cookbooks? It would be interesting to get a sense of how a meal from 1782 might differ from more modern fare.

The very early recipes are pretty basic and were not very technical. A lot of boiling for a very long time due to meat being a lot tougher in them days. All got a lot more interesting when the french chefs fled France in the revolution and started working in English stately homes, although this did not filter down to the masses for a very long time. I have not really tried any recipes of that age, a lot of it just seems a bit boring, and would need tweaking to make it more enjoyable to eat.