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I see various types of bindings out there.  Some look personally done, others are obviously original, whatever that means.   What is the story on that?

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You may find this old conversation, not entirely to the point your asking - but bouncing all around it, interesting:

http://ngscollectors.ning.com/forum/topics/did-national-geographic-...

Enjoy!

Mel

Very intersting.  Thx.

Chad,

Haphazardly, and inconsistently, I've been trying to peruse and copy/save different samples-examples of the myriad styles and makers of the bound covers but I can't say as yet that I have a coherent organized file or reference list of the more successful, well-known bindery companies...

Albrecht and Molloy were the 2 most prominent and commonly used bindings, w/ a few others on their tail for those who would buy the binder/covers and do it themselves, like a metal snap-in type. Of course Albrecht is the famous "plane & globe" variety. Molloy were the darker black wood-grain, or aka "fabrikoid" covers, w/ like a gold embossed shield or a silhouette of the camel walking against a desert.

This fabrikoid was a type of material used by numerous binderies, but there was one brand-name with the capital "F", whereas others were ...of a fabrikoid type, depending on the terminology they wanted to use; such as simulated leather, vinyl faux leather, etc.

It is a given that the best kind was always that which was actually custom smyth-sewn into a proper book, with a real body and spine, endpapers, etc., where the NGM issues were literally disassembled to do so (this would be with or without the covers, ads, etc. depending on the customer wish or standard binder's M.O.) There is/was a plethora of the cheaper "binder" kind w/ the metal hardware which depending on the maker-- you would snap in or lock in you individual issues intact.

    - Scott S.

Many thanks Scott.

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