Restoration of Leather Bindings
"This celebrated book is a classic on the fine art and craft of restoring leather bookbinding. Middleton is one of Britain's pre-eminent practitioners and scholars on the subject. He writes with the rare insight of long practice and hard-won authority. Nowhere else can a student of this craft find clearer or more detailed explanations of the restorer's lore and science." "This is Middleton's fourth revised and expanded edition. This edition features a new, full-colour, identifying guide for...
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"This celebrated book is a classic on the fine art and craft of restoring leather bookbinding. Middleton is one of Britain's pre-eminent practitioners and scholars on the subject. He writes with the rare insight of long practice and hard-won authority. Nowhere else can a student of this craft find clearer or more detailed explanations of the restorer's lore and science." "This is Middleton's fourth revised and expanded edition. This edition features a new, full-colour, identifying guide for leather and papers most likely found in bookbinding. The section on suppliers has been completely updated along with a comprehensive index." This definitive work belongs on the shelf of every bibliophile, librarian, conservator, book restorer, and binder interested in this unique art form.
AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsAuthor's Notes to the Revised EditionForeword to the Third EditionPreface to the First EditionParts of a Hand-Bound Book1Introduction12Definition of Terms93Workshop Tools, Equipment, and Materials454Cleaning the Bindings755Removing the Original Spine776Alternatives to Resewing877Resewing1008Gluing Up, Rounding, and Backing1149Headbanding11710Back Lining12411Preparation of Boards for Rebacking12812Rebacking13513Repairing Inner Joints14914Replacing the Original Spine15015Repairing Caps and Outer Joints Without Rebacking15516Repairing Caoutchouc Bindings16517Repairing Corners17018Blending in New Endpapers17719Straightening Warped Boards18320Rebonding Old Pasteboards18521Salvaging Old Sides18522Staining, Ageing, Tooling, and Furbishing18823Record of Repairs20424The Rebinding of Antiquarian Books20525Supplement to the Third Edition243Selected Reading278Identification Guide to Leather and Papers291Index295
