The Weaving Book: Patterns and Ideas
by Helene Bress
The Weaving Book: Patterns and Ideas
by Helene Bress
8/13/2010
The Weaving Book is here!
The boat came in, the truck has been unloaded, and we have freshly minted copies of The Weaving Book in stock.
What is the price? Same as it was in the '80s. $65.00 plus Shipping. (Shipping looks to be under $4 in the US.)
What is the new ISBN number? 9781886388253
When can I see it? Anytime you'd like. Just click the PayPal button or give us a call and we'll get one right out to you.
Can I order a copy online? You sure can, just click the following button. (For US customers only, please.)
Are there any discount programs? If you'd like to order a case of 8 copies, we can offer a 15% discount.
Can I order by phone? Yep. Just call 301-841-7020. If you get voice mail, please leave a message with your phone number.
Can I send in a check? That works, too. Don't forget to tell us which book you would like. If you are a MD resident, please add the 6% sales tax. And, of course, please give us a shipping address. Our mailing address is:
Flower Valley Press, Inc.
P.O. Box 83925
Gaithersburg, MD 20883 USA
How many did you print? Enough for everyone. But if we run out, we can print more.
What about international orders? Please contact us for the current shipping rates.
That's about all of the new news for today.
The Weaving Book is back! A number of years ago when we ran out of copies, we thought we could do a simple reprint. The catch was that no one knew where the original plates went that were used to print the book. The Weaving Book was originally published many, many years ago by Charles Scribner's Son's. It was later sold to another publisher. At the time of its last printing, my father cut a deal to get a significant portion of the print run. Shortly after, the publisher made him an offer to take the last remaining copies. During this time, the plates disappeared into warehouses (or the trash) somewhere.
Our printer thought that they could just scan and reprint, but test prints came out looking pretty lousy. We tried a bunch of different ways to scan and enhance in order to do a simple reprint, but the method used to design the book nearly 30 years ago didn't lend itself to being copied. It did make it affordable to print, which was the only consideration in those deep, dark days before computers did all of the book design.
We just happened to have most of the original photos for the book tucked away in our warehouse, meaning hidden and forgotten. Dan got his hands on them and tried scanning the old photos to see how they held up. With the help of a ton of computers and image processing software, they held up pretty well. In fact, most of them looked far better than the originals! The good looking photos caused a cascade of work, as Dan wanted the text to look equally good, then, while he was at it, figured that he could do a more interesting design on the book than he was allowed to 30 years earlier. We hope that you like the results
Below are a few samples of the newly designed pages. To really get a feel how the book will look, we have also posted PDF files of these pages so that you can see them at their full resolution, along with scans of the original book to serve as a point of comparison. The downloads are a little big, so please be patient.
Now on to the pages.
To download the PDFs, click on the page that you would like to see from this list. Left click to view, right click to download and save or print.
The following pages are a preview of what to expect from the new book.
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