_The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg_ was first published in 1959 and previously reprinted in 1964, 1970, 1973, 1978, and 1986. Written by Thomas K. Ford, editor of publications at Colonial Williamsburg until 1976, it is based largely on a monograph prepared jointly by C. Clement Samford, then the master bookbinder, and John M. Hemphill II, a member of the Department of Research. The monograph has been published as _Bookbinding in Colonial Virginia_ (Williamsburg Research Studies, 1966). Transcriber’s Notes —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —Silently corrected a few palpable typos. —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg, by Various