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Douglas Cockerell. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books
Table of Contents
PART I. BINDING
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II
ENTERING
BOOKS IN SHEETS
FOLDING
COLLATING
PULLING TO PIECES
REFOLDING
KNOCKING OUT JOINTS
CHAPTER III
GUARDING
THROWING OUT
PARING PAPER
SOAKING OFF INDIA PROOFS
MOUNTING VERY THIN PAPER
SPLITTING PAPER
INLAYING LEAVES OR PLATES
FLATTENING VELLUM
CHAPTER IV
SIZING
WASHING
MENDING
CHAPTER V
END PAPERS
LEATHER JOINTS
CHAPTER VI
TRIMMING BEFORE SEWING
EDGE GILDING
CHAPTER VII
MARKING UP
SEWING
MATERIALS FOR SEWING
CHAPTER VIII
FRAYING OUT SLIPS AND GLUEING UP
ROUNDING AND BACKING
CHAPTER IX
CUTTING AND ATTACHING BOARDS
CLEANING OFF THE BACK AND PRESSING
CHAPTER X
CUTTING IN BOARDS
GILDING OR COLOURING THE EDGES OF A CUT BOOK
CHAPTER XI
HEADBANDS
CHAPTER XII
PREPARING FOR COVERING
PARING LEATHER
COVERING
MITRING CORNERS AND FILLING IN
CHAPTER XIII
LIBRARY BINDING. Specifications III and IV
BINDING VERY THIN BOOKS
SCRAP-BOOKS
VELLUM BINDINGS
BOOKS COVERED WITH EMBROIDERY AND WOVEN MATERIAL
CHAPTER XIV
DECORATION OF BINDING—TOOLS
FINISHING
TOOLING ON VELLUM
INLAYING ON LEATHER
CHAPTER XV
LETTERING ON THE BACK
BLIND TOOLING
HERALDRY ON BOOK COVERS
CHAPTER XVI
DESIGNING TOOLS
COMBINING TOOLS TO FORM PATTERNS
DESIGNING FOR BACKS
DESIGNING FOR INSIDE OF BOARDS
CHAPTER XVII
PASTING DOWN END PAPERS
OPENING NEWLY BOUND BOOKS
CHAPTER XVIII
CLASPS AND TIES
METAL ON BINDINGS
CHAPTER XIX
LEATHER
CHAPTER XX
PAPER
PASTES
WHITE PASTE FOR MENDING
GLUE
PART II. CARE OF BOOKS WHEN BOUND
CHAPTER XXI
BOOKWORMS
RATS AND MICE
COCKROACHES
PLACING THE BOOKS IN THE SHELVES
CHAPTER XXII
TO PRESERVE OLD BINDINGS
RE-BACKING
SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATIONS FOR BOOKBINDING
GLOSSARY
REPRODUCTIONS OF BINDINGS
INDEX
THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS
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Douglas Cockerell
A Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians
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The binding of manuscripts and early printed books should be strong and simple. It should be as strong and durable as the original old bindings, and, like them, last with reasonable care for four hundred years or more. To this end the old bindings, with their stout sewing cord, wooden boards, and clasps, may be taken as models.
The question is constantly asked, especially by women, if a living can be made by setting up as bookbinders. Cheap binding can most economically be done in large workshops, but probably the best bindings can be done more satisfactorily by binders working alone, or in very small workshops.
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