[BINDING TOOLS]. Large collection of approx. 400 19th- and 20th- century binding tools from the Monastery Hill Bindery of Chicago. Comprised of 365 finishing hand-tools of large variety of tool designs and sizes including: floral, foliage, lines, stars, dots, circles, gouges, fleurs-de-lys, fishing, binding tool designs, corner and central pieces, and many other designs, many with their original wooden handles. 23 roll-tools (8 with their handles) with various designs. Manufaturers include: Kautz, Chicago; Hoole, Brooklyn; Cooper & Fry, Philadelphia, Klement, Leipzig Germany and many others. [With:] 3 composing sticks, one sewing frame, one wooden press, hammers, knives and various other related material.