Non-adhesive binding

Volume 1, Non-Adhesive Binding: Books without Paste or Glue, demonstrates basic and elaborate bindings constructed without adhesives and requiring no presses oe other heavy equipment. A needle, a pair of scissors, and a few other minor tools are all that is needed.

Books without Paste or Glue speaks of an approach to binding. In creating a book, as opposed to binding an existing one, binding should not be an afterthought but an integral part of the book statement. Physical structure facilitates action of turning pages. Design continues, if not determines content. Craft is useless without function, and accessibility is sterile without content.

Books without Paste or Glue has 320 drawn illustrations and 123 photo reproductions by 37 binders and book artists.

Keith A. Smith has made almost 300 one-of-a-kind and published books since 1967. His books are in numerous collections, including the Tate, the Victoria and Albert, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and the Museums of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco.

The Revised & Expanded Edition First Printing January 1999; Second Printing October 2001; Third Printing October 2003; Fourth Printing August 2005; Fifth Printing October 2007; Sixth Printing July 2009; Seventh Printing July 2011; Eighth Printing October 2012; Ninth Printing September 2014; Tenth Printing July 2017 (Printed in China); Eleventh Printing July 2020 (Printed in China);