Bookbinding performed with the quality and tradition of the past
All English Leather and Materials
 
 
My Qualifications

I was an indentured apprentice at age 15 with the London guilds from 1970-1976 where I was trained by several experienced journeymen in closed shops. Also attended the London College of Printing and Camberwell Art College where I gained my city and guilds of London Institute certificates in basic and advanced bookbinding by age 21 becoming a master bookbinder.
Worked and trained in many British institutions
(Ministry of Defense, Admiraly, House of Lords, Somerset House, Old Bailey)
Attended Camberwell Art & Crafts, as well as London College of printing,
where the City of Guilds of London granted me awards
for becoming master bookbinder
Trained and Worked with binders such as:
Roy Russell British Museum
John Mitchell LCP
Bob Moody Designer Bookbinding Forefather
John Smart, Camberwill Arts & Crafts
Chosen to bind the Queen of England's Silver Jubilee
Coronation album, presented in Greenwich, London
Bound books and photograph albums for:
Lord Patrick Litchfield
The Royal Astrological Society
The Alpine Club
I previously owned the Lakedale Bindery in London England
I then came to the United States and was sponsored to contract for the
library of Congress. Have owned and operated my present business for 29 years.
Worked in United States for:
Charleston Museum
Jacksonville Museum of Natural History
Notre Dame
Southeastern Louisiana University
Bindings for authors:
John Dunning
Scott Turow
Dale Brown
Steve Sawedow
Linda Bruckheimer
Greg Manning
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