Ernst Collin's "The Bone Folder" (Der Pressbengel): Preorder Prospectus Available, Preorder Deadline 10/15/2016 Get yours from Don Rash's Boss Dog Press table at Oak Knoll's Fest XIX, 2016, this weekend (9/30 - 10/2) in New Castle, DE Details at <http://www.oakknoll.com/fest/>. The Boss Dog Press is very pleased to present this prospectus for its most ambitious project to date: a handpress edition of Ernst Collin's didactic dialogue about bookbinding entitled The Bone Folder. Originally published as “Der Pressbengel” in Berlin in 1922, it was first translated into English by Peter Verheyen beginning in 2008, and published in the Guild of Book Workers' Journal in 2009. Peter later made it available online as a PDF in signatures for binding through his blog at <http://pressbengel.blogspot.com>. Collin's iconic text is accompanied by 6 photographic images from a collection of 34 negatives taken by John (Hans) Schiff sometime after 1920, photographs that document the pulling (taking apart) and rebinding a copy of the Bremer Presse Faust with that date on the spine. Full details on order in quarter-leather, full paper case, and sheets, a link to the PDF prospectus, and more at: <http://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-bone-folder-preorder-prospectus.html>. In order to finance the work of printing and binding the edition the Press is offering special benefits to anyone who chooses to prepay for their copy(ies) prior to September 1, 2016. For prepayment for either a paper case copy or an unbound copy the Press will print an ad personam line on the colophon page: "This is copy 10 and was printed for Your Name Here.". For prepayment for a quarter leather copy the Press will print the ad personam line and also provide a signed copy of Peter Verheyen's family history/bibliography of the Collin family, The Collins. More information on Don Rash's Boss Dog Press at <http://donrashfinebookbinder.com/>. More details on this project at <http://pressbengel.blogspot.com>. ________________________________________ Peter D. Verheyen Bookbinder, Conservator (PA – AIC) & Librarian Email | verheyen@philobiblon.com mailto:verheyen@philobiblon.com The Book Arts Web & Book_Arts-L Listserv | http://www.philobiblon.com Pressbengel Project Blog | http://pressbengel.blogspot.com