PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. By Paul Adam. Translated from the German. Crown 8vo. 180 pp. 127 Illustrations. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Materials for Sewing and Pasting -- Materials for Covering the Book -- Materials for Decorating and Finishing -- Tools -- General Preparatory Work -- Sewing -- Forwarding, Cutting, Rounding and Backing -- Forwarding, Decoration of Edges and Headbanding -- Boarding -- Preparing the Cover -- Work with the Blocking Press -- Treatment of Sewn Books, Fastening in Covers, and Finishing Off -- Handtooling and Other Decoration -- Account Books -- School Books, Mounting Maps, Drawings, etc. -- Index.