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.

PART I BINDING

Editor's Preface

7

(4)

Author's Note

11

(6)

CHAPTER I

Introduction

17

(16)

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 5

3

(64)

CHAPTER IV

Sizing

Washing

Mending

67

(13)

CHAPTER V

End Papers

Leather Joints

Pressing

80

(12)

CHAPTER VI

Trimming Edges before Sewing

Edge Gilding

92

(6)

CHAPTER VII

Marking up

Sewing

Materials for Sewing

98

(16)

CHAPTER VIII

Fraying out Slips

Glueing up

Rounding and Backing

114

(10)

CHAPTER IX

Cutting and Attaching Boards

Cleaning off Back

Pressing

124

(15)

CHAPTER X

Cutting in Boards

Gilding and Colouring Edges

139

(408)

CHAPTER XI

Headbanding

547

CHAPTER XII

Preparing for Covering

Paring Leather

Covering

Mitring Corners

Filling-in Boards

152

(21)

CHAPTER XIII

Library Binding

Binding very Thin Books

Scrap-Books

Binding in Vellum

Books covered with Embroidery

173

(15)

CHAPTER XIV

Decoration

Tools

Finishing

Tooling on Vellum

Inlaying on Leather

188

(27)

CHAPTER XV

Lettering

Blind Tooling

Heraldic Ornament

215

(15)

CHAPTER XVI

Designing for Gold

Tooled Decoration

230

(24)

CHAPTER XVII

Pasting down End Papers

Opening Books

254

(5)

CHAPTER XVIII

Clasps and Ties

Metal on Bindings

259

(4)

CHAPTER XIX

Leather

263

(17)

CHAPTER XX

Paper

Pastes

Glue

280

(11)

PART II CARE OF BOOKS WHEN BOUND

CHAPTER XXI

Injurious Influences to which Books are Subjected

291

(11)

CHAPTER XXII

To Preserve Old Bindings

Re-backing

302

(5)

SPECIFICATIONS

307

(6)

GLOSSARY

313

(6)

REPRODUCTIONS OF BINDINGS (Eight Collotypes)

319

(18)

INDEX

337

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