I
should like to thank:
•
Kojiro Ikegame
for his willingness to share a lifetime's knowledge and experience
of Japanese bookbinding;
•
Jenni Grey
for introducing me to the mystery of the craft of bookbinding,
and guiding me through many problems encountered on the way;
•
Richard Wyatt
for his unfailingly cheerful assistance in the university bindery;
• Professor George Hardie
for introducing me to the concept of editions, including editions
of 'one-off' books;
•
Ray and Ayumi Dennis
for their help with photoetching and Japanese calligraphy respectively;
• Professor Gordon Bull, Brian Sussex, Alison Minns
for their continuing and wholehearted support;
•
Tanya Dean, Louise Bristow and Jacki Johnson
for their help and encouragement in the support modules;
•
Melanie Eldridge
for the ability to move forward;
•
Chibby the family dog
on whose walks most of my bookbinding projects take shape in my
head;
and most of all, my wife
•
Valerie Dawes
for her constant encouragement and support (particularly welcome
when things are going wrong), creative suggestions and tolerance
of my converting the diningroom, and later the bedroom, into a
bindery several times each week.
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Chibby, our
dear cross-breed from Battersea Dogs' Home, who died 31 January
2001 aged 15 years
Caspar, our
lovely setter-spaniel cross, aged two, from the National
Canine Defence League
Our
newest family member, Luca, an English Setter, here aged
15 weeks
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