Abigail Bainbridge ACR is a book conservator and Director of Bainbridge Conservation. She has taught extensively on the degree programmes at West Dean College, Camberwell College of Art, and City & Guilds of London Art School. She has an MA in Conservation Studies from West Dean College and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Abigail is an Icon accreditation assessor and mentor, sits on the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Heritage Science Expert Working Group, and was Treasurer then Chair of the Icon Book & Paper Group for eight years.
"""Encompassing both practical instruction and subject theory, this is the first comprehensive volume on book conservation and structures with a global approach. Bainbridge is a book conservator and educator and for this volume she gathered 26 essays from more than 70 experts in the field... This first-of-its-kind publication will be a must-have resource for those in studying or involved in conservation, bookbinding, or the history of the book, and it will also be useful in allied fields, for example, art history, where knowledge of book history, materiality, and construction is valuable. Summing Up: Essential. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals."" -- A. Verplaetse, Public Art Archive, CHOICE March 2024."