Bookbinding, and the Care of Books / A Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians

CONTENTS

PART I
BINDING
	PAGE
Editor’s Preface	7
Author’s Note	11
CHAPTER I
Introduction	17
CHAPTER II
Entering—Books in Sheets—Folding—Collating—Pulling to Pieces—Refolding—Knocking out Joints	33
CHAPTER III
Guarding—Throwing Out—Paring Paper—Soaking off India Proofs—Mounting very Thin Paper—Splitting Paper—Inlaying—Flattening Vellum	53
CHAPTER IV
Sizing—Washing—Mending	67
CHAPTER V
End Papers—Leather Joints—Pressing	80
CHAPTER VI
Trimming Edges before Sewing—Edge Gilding	92
CHAPTER VII
Marking up—Sewing—Materials for Sewing	98
CHAPTER VIII
Fraying out Slips—Glueing up—Rounding and Backing	114
CHAPTER IX
Cutting and Attaching Boards—Cleaning off Back—Pressing	124
CHAPTER X
Cutting in Boards—Gilding and Colouring Edges	139
CHAPTER XI
Headbanding	147
CHAPTER XII
Preparing for Covering—Paring Leather—Covering—Mitring Corners—Filling-in Boards	152
CHAPTER XIII
Library Binding—Binding very Thin Books—Scrap-Books—Binding in Vellum—Books covered with Embroidery	173
CHAPTER XIV
Decoration—Tools—Finishing—Tooling on Vellum—Inlaying on Leather	188
CHAPTER XV
Lettering—Blind Tooling—Heraldic Ornament	215
CHAPTER XVI
Designing for Gold-Tooled Decoration	230
CHAPTER XVII
Pasting down End Papers—Opening Books	254
CHAPTER XVIII
Clasps and Ties—Metal on Bindings	259
CHAPTER XIX
Leather	263
CHAPTER XX
Paper—Pastes—Glue	280
PART II
CARE OF BOOKS WHEN BOUND
CHAPTER XXI
Injurious Influences to which Books are Subjected	291
CHAPTER XXII
To Preserve Old Bindings—Re-backing	302
Specifications	307
Glossary	313
Reproductions of Bindings (Eight Collotypes)	319
Index	337

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