Part 2 — INDEX
Reading edition
Arming press, 229, 313
Arms blocks, 228
Art paper, 48, 282
Autograph letters, 179
Backing, 117
Backing hammer, 123
Back, lining up, 152
Band nippers, 160, 163
Bands, 313
Bandstick, 160
Beating, 90
Beating stone, 90, 313
Benzine, 207, 209
Binding, decoration of, 21, 30, 188, 233
Binding, collotype reproductions of, 321-336
Binding, embroidered, 186
Binding early printed books, 31, 46, 113
Binding, extra, 308
Binding, jewelled, 263
Binding, library, 27, 173, 308
Binding, manuscripts, 31, 108, 113, 125, 135, 223
Binding, metal-covered, 263
Binding, vellum, 180
Binding very thin books, 177
Blind tooling, 188, 222
Blocking press, 229, 313
Blocks, striking, 229
Boards, 124
Boards, attaching, 132
Boards, cutting, 125
Boards, filling in, 170
Boards, lining, 129
Boards, pressing, 193, 210
Boards, split, 28, 175, 311
Bodkin, 114
Bookbinding as a profession, 32
Books in sheets, 34
Bookworms, 297
Borders, designing, 240
Borders, inside, 253
Calf, 27, 277
Cancelled sheets, 43
Cased books, 19, 49
Castor oil, 303
Catch stitch, 99
Catch words, 314
Celluloid, sheets of, 161
Centres, designing, 241
Chrome leather, 276
Clasps and ties, 183, 259
Cleaning off back, 137
Cloth casing, 19, 49
Cloth joints, 86, 257
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J., xii., 22
Cockroaches, 300
Cocoanut oil, 200
Collating, 43
Colouring edges, 144
Combining tools to form patterns, 232
Compasses, 131
Cord sewing, 111
Corners, mitring, 165, 168
Cousin, Jules, 74, 299
Covering, 23, 159, 176, 310
Crushing the grain of leather, 192
Cutting in boards, 139
Cutting mill-boards, 124
Cutting press, 128
Damp, effect of, on bindings, 294
Decoration of bindings, 21, 30, 188, 233
Designing tools, 230
Diaper patterns, 236
Dividers, 51
Dots, striking, 205
Doubluves, 253, 314
Dressing for old bindings, 302
Dust and dusting, 296
Early printed books, binding, 31, 46, 113
Edge colouring, 144
Edge gauffering, 144
Edge gilding, 95, 144
Edge sizing, 95, 146
Edges, painted, 146
Embroidered bindings, 186
End papers, 80, 254
End, painted, 83
End, vellum, 84
Ends, silk, 84
Entering, 33
Evelyn’s Diary (quotation), 282
“Extra” binding, 308, 314
False bands, 26
Fillet, 190, 206
Fillet, small, 206, 246
Filling in boards, 170
Finishing, 191
Finishing press, 194
Finishing tools, 188
Finishing stove, 195
Flattening vellum, 65
Folder, 164
Folding, 36
Fraying out slips, 114
French joint, 176
French paring knife, 156
French standing press, 91
Gas fumes, effect of, 291
Gathering, 35
Gauffering edges, 144
Gelatine, 70
Gilding edges, 95, 144
Gilt top, 92
Glaire, 97, 198
Glass, tinted, for libraries, 292
Glossary, 313
Glue, 289
Glueing up, 115
Goatskin, 277
Gold cushion, 200
Gold leaf, 199
Gold knife, 200
Gold, net for, 96
Gold, pad for, 201
Gold tooling, 188, 191
Gouges, 189, 205, 247
Groove (see Joint)
Guarding, 42, 53
Guarding plates, 50, 56, 316
Hammer, backing, 123
Hand-made paper, 280
Headbanding, 108, 147, 176
Headcaps, 156, 166
Heat, effect of, on bindings, 295
Heraldry on bindings, 227
Hinging plates, 57
Hollow backs, 25, 185
Imperfections, 35
India proofs, soaking off, 62
India proofs, mounting, 63
Indiarubber for gold, 207
Inlaying leather, 213, 232, 243
Inlaying leaves or plates, 64
Inset, 40, 315
Inside margins, 253
Jaconet, 60, 64
Japanese paper, 282
Japanese vellum, 282
Jewelled bindings, 263
Joint, 165, 169
Joint, cloth, 86, 257
Joint, French, 176
Joint, knocking out, 53
Joint, leather, 86, 171
Kettle stitch, 49, 99, 105
Keys, sewing, 101
Knife, mountcutters’, 54
Knife, French paring, 156
Knife, gold, 200
Knife, plough, 129, 139
Knocking down iron, 53, 134
Knocking out joints, 53
Knot, 100, 106
Lacing in slips, 132
Lay cords, 100
Laying press (see Lying press)
Leather, 27, 263
Leather, chrome, 276
Leather, crushing grain of, 192
Leather, inlaying, 213, 232, 243
Leather joints, 86, 171
Leather, paring, 154
Leather, polishing, 191
Leather, sprinkling and marbling, 27, 279
Leather, stretching, 23, 161
Leather, testing, 274
Leather work, 226
Leaves, inlaying, 64
Lettering, 28, 215, 246
Letters, autograph, 179
Library binding, 27, 173, 308
Light, effect of, on leather, 292
Lining up back, 152
Lithographic stone, 157, 160
Loose covers, 304
Lying press, 128
Manuscripts, binding of, 31, 108, 113, 125, 135, 223
Manuscripts, collating, 46
Maps, throwing out, 60
Marbled paper, 83
Margins, inside, 253
Marking up, 98
Materials for sewing, 111
Mending, 76
Mending tooling, 208
Mending vellum, 79
Metal on bindings, 262
Millboards, 124
Millboard machine, 127, 315
Millboard shears, 126
Mitring corners, 165, 168
Morocco, 277
Morocco, “Persian,” 271
Mount-cutters’ knife, 54
Mounting India-proofs, 63
Mounting very thin paper, 63
Net for gilding edges, 96
Niger morocco, 278
Nipping press, 211
Nippers, band, 160, 163
Oil, cocoanut, 200
Opening newly-bound books, 257
Overcasting, 51
“Overs,” 35
Oxalic acid, use of, 173
Pad for gold, 201
Paging, 44
Painted edges, 146
Painted end papers, 83
Pallets, 189
Paper, 280
Paper, art, 48, 283
Paper, hand-made, 280
Paper, Japanese, 282
Paper, marbled, 83
Paper, sizes of, 36, 283
Paper, sizing, 67
Paper, splitting, 63
Paper, washing, 71
Paraffin wax, 303
Paring leather, 154
Paring paper, 61
Paring stone, 157, 160
Pastes, 286
Paste water, 198
Pasting down end papers, 254
Patterns, 232
“Peel,” 316
Permanent binding, 19
“Persian” morocco, 271
Pigskin, 278
Plates, detaching, 48
Plates, guarding, 56
Plates, hinging, 57
Plates, inlaying, 64
Plates, trimming, 40
Plough, 128
Plough knife, 129, 139
Polishing, 191
Preserving old bindings, 302
Press, arming, 229, 313
Press, blocking, 229, 313
Press, cutting, 128
Press, finishing, 194
Press, lying, 128
Press, nipping, 211
Press pin, 316
Press, sewing (see Sewing frame)
Press, standing, 88
Pressing boards, 193, 210
Pressing in boards, 138
Pressing plates, 192, 316
Pressing sections, 87
“Proof,” 316
Publishers’ binding, 20
Pulling to pieces, 46
Quarter sections, 42
Quires, books in, 34
Rats and mice, 299
Re-backing, 305
Re-binding, 18, 306
Refolding, 51
Register of printing, 52, 316
Representations of bindings, 321-336
Roll, 190
Rounding, 117
Sawing in, 20, 25, 100, 108
Scrap books, 178
Sealskin, 278
Sections, pressing, 87
Sewing, 100
Sewing cord, 111
Sewing frame, 100
Sewing keys, 101
Sewing on tapes, 26, 111, 174
Sewing on vellum slips, 111, 181
Sewing silk, 112
Sewing, tape for, 112
Sewing thread, 112
Sheepskin, 277-308
Sheets, books in, 34
Sheets, waterproof, 161
Signatures, 34, 43
Silk ends, 84
Silk sewing, 112
Sizes of paper, 36, 283
Sizing, 67
Sizing edges, 95-146
Sizing leather, 198
Sizing paper, 67
Slips, 317
Slips, fraying out, 114
Slips, lacing in, 132
Soaking off India proofs, 62
Society of Arts, Report of Committee on Leather for Bookbinding, 22, 264
Society of Arts, Report of Committee on Paper, 284
Specifications, 308
Split boards, 28, 175, 311
Splitting paper, 63
Sprinkling leather, 27, 279
Squares, 131, 153, 317
Standing press, 88
Standing press, French, 89, 91
Staples, wire, 49
“Starred” sheets, 43
Stove, finishing, 195
Stone, lithographic, 157, 160
Striking dots, 205
Striking tools, 204
Tape, sewing on, 26, 112, 174
Temporary binding, 20
Testing leather, 274
Thin books, binding, 177
Thin paper, mounting, 63
Thread, sewing, 112
Throwing out maps, 60
Ties and clasps, 183, 259
Tobacco smoke, effect of, on binding, 294
Tooling, blind, 188, 222
Tooling, gold, 24, 188, 191
Tooling on vellum, 212
Tools, designing, 188, 230
Tools, finishing, 188, 230
Training for bookbinding, 32
Trimming before sewing, 93
Trimming machine, 94
Trimming plates, 40
Tub, 317
Tying up, 167
Varnish, 209
Vellum binders, 26
Vellum bindings, 180
Vellum ends, 84
Vellum, flattening, 65
Vellum, Japanese, 282
Vellum, mending, 79
Vellum slips, sewing on, 111, 183
Vellum tooling on, 212
Walker, Emery, 216
Washing, 71
Waterproof sheets, 161
Weaver’s knot, 106
Wooden boards, 32, 135, 223, 330
Worm holes, 78, 297