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This is a selected listing for the convenience of Aldus Society members. It may not include all providers of these services.  Phone numbers are current as of November, 2005.  Inclusion on the list is not a recommendation regarding level of quality in craftsmanship, timeliness, pricing, or full services.

Columbus

  • See the Yellow Pages under Bookbinders and Art Restoration
  • Harry Campbell, books, paper – (614) 284-0889 / (614) 292-9690
  • Ann Jones, paintings – (614) 890-9837 / (614) 890-0652
  • Barth Galleries / About Paper (custom and museum quality framing; paper conservation) Valdan Pennington, proprietor: 3047 Indianola Ave. Columbus – (614) 263-8133

Ohio 

  • Ann Carroll Kearny, books and maps – (216) 779-0789 (Cleveland area)
  • Esper Bindery, books, paper, disaster recovery – (216) 431-1221 (Cleveland area)
  • Chris Clair Takas, books, boxes – (216) 286-9773 (Cleveland area)
  • Crawford Library Bindery, custom binding, boxes (800) 877-9048 (Akron)
  • Mckay Lodge Conservation, art on paper, paintings – (440) 774-4215 (Oberlin)
  • Archival Conservation Center, books and paper – (513) 521-9858 (Cincinnati)
  • Gabrielle Fox Butler, books, fine binding – (513) 321-5200 (Cincinnati)

National

 Archival Supplies   

 Referral Service

 

Associations and Book Searches:

Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

Advanced Book Exchange

 

Educational Opportunities:

Rare Book School

Wells Book Arts Center

 

Books on Books and Book Collecting:

Basbanes, Nicholas A. Among the Gently Mad. 2002
ISBN 0805051597

Basbanes, Nicholas A. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. 1995
ISBN 0805036539

Basbanes, Nicholas A. Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture. 2002
ISBN 0060196955

Carter, John. ABC for Book Collectors. Rev.1998
ISBN 1884718051

Goldstone, Lawrence and Nancy. Out of the Flames: the Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World. 2002
ISBN 0767908368

Goldstone, Lawrence and Nancy. Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore. 1999
ISBN 0312205872

Goldstone, Lawrence and Nancy. Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World. 1997
ISBN 0312156820

Goldstone, Lawrence and Nancy. Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales. 2001
ISBN 031226268X

Man, John. Gutenberg: How One Man Remade the World with Words. 2002
ISBN 0471218235

Manguel, Alberto. A History of Reading. 1996
ISBN 0670843024

Petroski, Henry. The Book on the Bookshelf. 1999
ISBN 0375406492

Rostenberg, Leona and Stern, Madeleine. Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion. 1997
ISBN 038548514X

Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Book of Books. 1992
ISBN 089599030X

Wilcox, Annie Tremmel. A Degree of Mastery: A Journey through Book Arts Apprenticeship. 1999
ISBN 0898231884

 

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