I have it. I love it. But be prepared to *think* when you read this book. It's very, very dense information. Dense in a good way though.

All of the instructions are there, but there isn't always a visual break so it can be very hard to read. What would normally be a two-page spread in another book is a paragraph of just the essential information in Keith Smith's book.

I haven't tried anything from Volume III, but I have done projects from one of his other books. The other hard part about his books is picking *one* thing that you want to try. There are so many choices!

I am impatient with Keith Smith's illustrations. If he got a skilled draftsperson to do them by hand they could be much clearer and much more pleasant to look at. I've only used vol.1, and I love what he's got. I'll have to look at volume 3 from what everyone's said. The very best thing about Keith Smith's books is that they're all (or used to be) available in sheets, for you to bind yourself.

For introduction to more traditional adhesive bookbinding techniques, I'd recommend A.W. Lewis' _Basic Bookbinding_, published by Dover, so it's always in print and cheap. Thames and Hudson's manual of bookbinding is also good.

One other more specialized book I want to recommend: Greenfield & Hille's _Headbands and How to Work Them_, published by Oak Knoll. Oak Knoll's catalogue is worth looking at - they are both a press and a bookshop specializing in Books on Books. They care about their authors and craftspeople and fine press printers as well.