Contents: 1. Introduction & table of contents / Florian J. Shasky & Joanne Sonnichesen -- 2. Stella Patri : private conservator / Duncan Olmsted -- 3. Barbara Fallon Hiller : teacher & bookbinder / Eleanor Ramsey -- 4. Herbert & Peter Fahey : bookbinders, writers & teachers / Duncan Olmsted -- 5. Warren Howell : bookseller of San Francisco / Jennifer Larson -- 6. Keeping a tradition alive : Bay Area bookbinding teachers / Tom Conroy -- 7. Florence Walter of Mills College / Renee Jadushlever & Kathy Walkup -- 8. Bound & found : Bay Area collectors of fine bindings / Michael Ryan -- 9. The hand bookbinders of California / Harold Wollenberg -- 10. The exhibitions : California bookbinding on display / Joanne Sonnichsen -- 11. Bookbinding in Southern California / Muir Dawson -- 12. Turning the century : a prospect / Florian J. Shasky & Joanne Sonnichsen.
