Bookbinding: The Classic Arts and Crafts Manual
Considered by many bookbinders and librarians to be the clearest and most valuable exposition of hand bookbinding in English, this volume concisely covers virtually every aspect of the craft — from folding and collating pages, trimming and gilding edges, to preparing covers, designing and inlaying on leather, and creating clasps and ties.
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Considered by many bookbinders and librarians to be the clearest and most valuable exposition of hand bookbinding in English, this volume concisely covers virtually every aspect of the craft — from folding and collating pages, trimming and gilding edges, to preparing covers, designing and inlaying on leather, and creating clasps and ties.
Part IBindingEditor's Preface7Author's Note11Chapter IIntroduction17Chapter II33EnteringBooks in SheetsFoldingCollatingPulling to PiecesRefoldingKnocking out JointsChapter III53GuardingThrowing OutParing PaperSoaking off India ProofsMounting very Thin PaperSplitting PaperInlayingFlattening VellumChapter IV67SizingWashingMendingChapter V80End PapersLeather JointsPressingChapter VI92Trimming Edges before SewingEdge GildingChapter VII98Marking upSewingMaterials for SewingChapter VIII114Fraying out SlipsGlueing upRounding and BackingChapter IX124Cutting and Attaching BoardsCleaning off BackPressingChapter X139Cutting in BoardsGilding and Colouring EdgesChapter XI147HeadbandingChapter XII152Preparing for CoveringParing LeatherCoveringMitring CornersFilling-in BoardsChapter XIII173Library BindingBinding very Thin BooksScrap-BooksBinding in VellumBooks covered with EmbroideryChapter XIV188DecorationToolsFinishingTooling on VellumInlaying on LeatherChapter XV215LetteringBlind ToolingHeraldic OrnamentChapter XVI230Designing for Gold-Tooled DecorationChapter XVII254Pasting down End PapersOpening BooksChapter XVIII259Clasps and TiesMetal on BindingsChapter XIX263LeatherChapter XX280PaperPastesGluePart IICare of Books When BoundChapter XXI291Injurious Influences to which Books are SubjectedChapter XXII302To Preserve Old BindingsRe-backingSpecifications307Glossary313Reproductions of Bindings (Eight Collotypes)319Index337
