CONTENTS.

Chapter I. > History of Sumach Tanning in England,

Chapter II. > The Causes of Decay in Bookbinding Leathers. BY J. GORDON PARKER.

Chapter III. > Provenance, Characteristics, and Values of

Chapter IV. > The Repairing and Binding of Books for Public Libraries. BY CYRIL DAVENPORT.

Chapter V. > Specification for the Fittings of a Small Bindery. BY F. J. WILLIAMSON.

INDEX.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

Transcriber's Notes

BY

E. WYNDHAM HULME, J. GORDON PARKER,
A. SEYMOUR-JONES, CYRIL DAVENPORT,
AND
F. J. WILLIAMSON

LONDON:
Published for the Sound Leather Committee of the
Library Association
by
THE LIBRARY SUPPLY Co.,
Bridge House, 181, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.

1905.

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

CONSTITUTION OF THE SOUND LEATHER COMMITTEE.

Cyril Davenport, British Museum Library.

J. P. Edmond, Signet Library, Edinburgh.

Dr. J. Gordon Parker, London Leather Industries Laboratory, Bermondsey.

E. Wyndham Hulme, Patent Office Library. (Hon. Secretary.)