Bookbinding & workshop tools. An assortment, including finishing press, sewing frame and hand tools etc., hardwood finishing press by Hill & Co. of London, with 36cm (14ins) between screw threads, opening to approximately 19cm (7.5ins), together with a modern sewing frame, with 46cm (18ins) between uprights, with an old glue pot, various hand tools including band nippers, spokeshave, hammers, shears, 'G' clamp, tenon saw, two sharpening stones in wooden boxes, and small litho stone etc., plus a comprehensive collection of sewing thread & tapes etc. (Qty: 2 cartons) Provenance: John Gardner (1944-2012). John Gardner of Borough Green, Kent served a six year apprenticeship with the long established firm of T.C. Woolnough & Son Ltd. at the Elephant and Castle between the years 1959-65. During this time he attended the London College of Printing, training under some of the leading binders of the day and undertaking City & Guilds examinations. He spent his whole working life restoring and binding books. He also contributed to several bookbinding journals, including Bookbinder - the journal of the Society of Bookbinders and also The New Bookbinder – the journal of Designer Binders.
Bookbinding & workshop tools. An assortment, including finishing press, sewing frame and hand tools etc., hardwood finishing press by Hill & Co. of London, with 36cm (14ins) between screw threads, opening to approximately 19cm (7.5ins), together with a modern sewing frame, with 46cm (18ins) between uprights, with an old glue pot, various hand tools including band nippers, spokeshave, hammers, shears, 'G' clamp, tenon saw, two sharpening stones in wooden boxes, and small litho stone etc., plus a comprehensive collection of sewing thread & tapes etc. (Qty: 2 cartons) Provenance: John Gardner (1944-2012). John Gardner of Borough Green, Kent served a six year apprenticeship with the long established firm of T.C. Woolnough & Son Ltd. at the Elephant and Castle between the years 1959-65. During this time he attended the London College of Printing, training under some of the leading binders of the day and undertaking City & Guilds examinations. He spent his whole working life restoring and binding books. He also contributed to several bookbinding journals, including Bookbinder - the journal of the Society of Bookbinders and also The New Bookbinder – the journal of Designer Binders.
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