{"product_id":"preview-russian-psb","title":"preview: PSB Rainbow Marble (size 1)","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS IS A PREVIEW LISTING\u003cbr\u003eThis book will be available to purchase on Sunday, November 1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eat:\u003cbr\u003eUK 8pm, Berlin 9pm, LA 12pm (midday), NY 3pm.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePUBLISHER'S SEMI BINDING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of a series of 37 bindings for drawing \u0026amp; writing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THIS SERIES OF BOOKS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBased on books published in Russia between 1900 and 1917, these half-leather bindings are handmade (or of course Properly Made) versions of something which was cheaply mass produced up until the revolution.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmark class=\"b6AQX\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=nsYXvc_r\/cFwyDc\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjp9pO5nsmXAxVrbEEAHQqdOhkQuJAPegYIAAgNEAE\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher's semi-binding\u003c\/strong\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/mark\u003ebecame a highly specific, standardised fixture of late Imperial Russian mass-market printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE REVOLUTION\u003c\/strong\u003e Before the turn of the century, most cheap Russian books were sold as fragile softcovers, leaving it to the buyer to pay a workshop for a custom hardback casing. However, to meet the soaring demand for literacy in the early 1900s, iconic mega-publishers like Ivan Sytin and \u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eAdolf Marx\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e revolutionized the market by offering pre-bound, cheap hardcovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnatomy of the Early-1900s Cheap Russian Binding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[2,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[351768,null,0]],[],null,1]]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIFBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003eThis mass-production model reduced material costs to a minimum while ensuring the book survived heavy handling:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIFBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1457\/9286\/files\/IMG_1129_clipped_rev_1.jpg?v=1792523638\" alt=\"early 20th century Russian publisher's semi binding\" style=\"margin-right: 0.0078125px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0.0078125px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIFBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eThe Faux-Leather Spine (Quarter Cloth):\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e To keep costs down, publishers completely eliminated real leather. They substituted it with a narrow strip of cheap, heavily starched industrial book cloth or calico (usually in dark brown, dull red, or black) to hold the spine together.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIFBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eThe \"Deceptive\" Marbled Paper:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Instead of using expensive, hand-dipped marbled papers, Russian printing houses used steam-powered lithographic presses to mass-print repeating marbled or \"venous\" patterns directly onto cheap, thin wood-pulp paper boards.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePOST REVOLUTION\u003c\/strong\u003e Following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution,\u003c\/span\u003e the Soviet government completely nationalised the publishing industry, transforming the look, material structure, and purpose of books practically overnight. The cheap, faux-traditional marbled covers of the late Tsarist era were cast aside as relics of a bourgeois past.\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROPERLY MADE PUBLISHER'S SEMI BINDINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur versions salute the aesthetic of the original books whilst replacing the cheap materials and machine-made construction with the best quality materials and high-end handmade techniques. 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