Observed arrival · 2026-09-25
A kitchen-table bindery, one evening at a time
Tallow Lane Bindery is an amateur Hackney bookbinding journal, with notes on sewing signatures, case binding, paper grain, and paperback repair.
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- People learning hand bookbinding and paperback repair
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- Four house rules include matching paste to paper or cloth, and stopping a repair when it has done what the reader needs.
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The contents list four entries, dated from January 2025 through April 2026, including one on sewing signatures with a home-made frame. The author names a compact kit—bone folder, awl, metal ruler, set square, linen thread, starch paste, and PVA—and describes the measurements as specific to their own materials and home conditions. The colophon identifies the maker as an amateur working at a kitchen table in Hackney.
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