Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company

“ France to-day has many binders of great skill and good taste, but no longer holds the supremacy of the earlier days. England has developed some craftsmen of great skill and original artistic feeling, even though their best efforts are many times but reproductions of older models. ”

“ The impressions of the tools are usually studded round with gold dots, whether used in borders, corners, or center pieces.
JANSEN Without line or ornament either in blank or gold. It permits decoration on the inside of the cover, but demands absolute plainness on the outside, with the exception of lettering. It is only appropriate for crushed levant, being dependent for its beauty on the polished surface of the leather. ”

“ Tooled in gold. The Trow Bindery The production of fine bindings is not a new departure with us, but has been carried on for many years in what has been aptly described as, a “quality” department of a “quantity” business, where fine work can be executed at prices that are not prohibitive.
It is under the direction of a skilled craftsman, and the workmen are encouraged to excel in careful and conscientious work. ”

“ The true book lover as well as the collector desires for his treasures a suitable binding, and there is to-day an increasing demand for fine binding on individual volumes as well as on sets.
This demand is not satisfied with “commercial binding” and is too intelligent to accept extravagant work, extravagant in over-decoration as well as in price. ”

“ Pictorial inlay and decoration tooled in gold. The Scope of our Work We solicit the binding of a single volume, in any manner, whether it be in half, three-quarter, or full leather, with simple or elaborate treatment. ”

“ Tooling. Impressing the design or pattern in gold leaf, with finishing tools, by hand. Blind Tooling. The impression of finishing tools without gold leaf.
Specimen decorative backs for half or full leather bindings.
Edition work or single volumes. Interpretation of Styles ALDINE OR ITALIAN Ornaments of solid face without any shading whatever, such as used by Aldus and other early Italian printers. The ornaments are of Arabic character. A style appropriate for early printed literature. ”