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Great Dwyer Murphy article, but the “dying” or “lost” art of bookbinding is such a cliché. I know binders in their 20s; binders in their 50s, 60s, and older. There is a vibrant international book arts community on line and IRL, as a cursory Google search would have informed you.
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