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Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries

Index

Reading edition

Acids used in dyeing, Effects of,

76

,

95

Aldine style,

119

All-along sewing,

119

American Russia leather,

154

Antique,

124

Arabesque style,

119

Art canvas,

41

,

119

Art vellum,

120

Azure tools,

120

Azured style,

121

Backing,

33

,

121

Backing boards,

121

Backing hammer,

122

Backing machine,

122

Backing press,

122

Backs,

121

Backs, loose, repairing,

81

Backs, material for,

41

Band driver,

122

Band nippers,

122

Bands,

122

Bead,

123

Beating hammer,

124

Beating stone,

124

Beveled boards,

124

Bibliography of bookbinding,

165

Binder,

124

Binder’s workshop in 1771,

4

Binders for magazines,

61

Bindery, equipment,

114

Binding, flexible,

135

Binding from publishers’ sheets,

20

Binding materials for backs,

41

Binding materials for sides,

42

Binding, mosaic,

147

Binding records,

110

Bindings, broken,

124

Bindings, broken, mending,

80

Bleed,

124

Blind tooling,

124

Blocking press,

125

Board papers,

125

Board shears,

125

Boards,

47

,

125

Boards, binding in,

142

Boards, broken, repairing,

84

Boards, pressing,

152

Bock morocco,

126

Bodkin,

126

Bolt,

126

Book covers, machine-made,

26

Book list on bookbinding,

165

Bookbinding terms,

119

Bosses,

126

Boston binder,

65

Broken bindings, mending,

80

Broken boards, replacing,

84

Brushes,

86

Buchan binder,

66

Buckram,

126

Buckram, Linen finish,

145

Buffing,

126

Buffingette, see Keratol,

143

Bureau of standards, specifications for book cloth,

43

Burnishers,

127

Burnishing,

126

Calf lined,

127

Calf, marbled,

146

Calf, sprinkled,

157

Calf, Tree-,

160

Calfskin,

127

Cancels,

127

Canvas,

132

Caps,

127

Case bindings,

128

Catchword,

128

Center tools,

128

Chivers binder,

66

Circuit edges,

128

Clasp,

128

Cleaning books,

74

Clearing out,

128

Cleveland binder,

62

,

67

Clip binders,

63

Cloth,

86

Cloth boards,

128

Cloth, English Imperial Morocco,

41

,

141

Cloth, standards,

43

Cobden-Sanderson style,

128

Collating,

128

Combs,

129

Copying press,

87

Corners,

129

Cost of binding,

20

Covering (repairing),

82

Covers, loose, reattaching,

82

Cowhide,

129

Cowskin,

41

Creaser,

129

Cropped binding,

129

Crushed leather,

129

Crushed levant,

129

Cut flush,

130

Cutter,

130

Cutting boards,

87

,

130

Cutting machine,

130

Cutting press,

130

Dandy,

130

Dealers in bookbinding materials,

163

Decay of leather,

76

,

95

Deckle edge,

131

Dentelle border,

131

Derome style,

132

Diaper,

132

Divinity calf,

132

Doublure,

132

Duck,

132

Dutch metal,

133

Eau de Javelle,

142

Edges, Gaufre,

138

Edges, gilt,

138

Edges, soiled, cleaning,

83

Edges, treatments in binding,

133

Edition de luxe,

133

Embossed,

133

End leaves,

133

End papers,

134

End papers, renewal,

80

End sheets,

45

English linen,

134

Eve style,

134

Extra binding,

134

Fanfare style,

134

Fillet,

135

Finishing,

135

Finishing press,

135

Finishing stove,

135

Flexible binding,

135

Flexible glue,

135

Flexible sewing,

137

Fly leaves,

137

Fly leaves, removal,

80

Folder,

87

,

137

Folio,

137

Fore-edge,

137

Fore-edges, cutting,

83

Forwarding,

137

French guard,

137

French joint,

34

,

50

,

137

French morocco,

137

Full bound,

138

Gascon style, Le,

138

Gathering,

138

Gaufre edges,

138

Gauge,

138

Gilding,

53

Gilding press,

138

Gilt,

138

Gilt edges,

138

Gilt tops,

138

Glair,

138

Glue,

47

Glue, flexible,

135

Glue pot,

87

Goatskin, Niger,

147

Goffered edges,

139

Gold cushion,

139

Gold knife,

139

Gold leaf,

139

Gouge,

139

Grain (leather),

139

Graining,

139

Grater,

139

Grease marks, removal,

85

Grolier style,

139

Groove,

140

Ground glue,

87

Guard, French,

137

Guards,

140

Guards for plates,

48

Guides,

140

Guillotine,

140

Gummed paper,

87

Half-bound,

140

Half-title,

141

Hand letters,

141

Hand-sewing,

45

Head and tail,

141

Head cap,

141

Heel-ball,

141

Imperial morocco cloth,

141

Ink stains, removal,

84

Inset,

142

Inside margins,

142

Inside tins,

142

Italian style,

119

Jansen style,

142

Japanese mending paper,

87

Japanese mending tissue,

52

Javelle water,

142

Johnston binder,

65

Joint, French,

137

Joints,

142

Joints, repairing,

81

Justification,

143

Keratol,

143

Kettlestitch,

143

Keys,

143

Kip calf,

144

Klip binder,

67

Knife,

87

Knocking-down iron,

144

Labels,

57

Labels, renewal,

77

Laced in,

144

Laid paper,

144

Law sheep,

144

Leather,

93

Leather, decay,

76

,

95

Leather, grain in,

139

Leather, Russia,

154

Leather, treatment with oil,

76

Leatherette,

144

Le Gascon style,

138

Lettering,

47

,

53

Lettering block,

144

Lettering box,

144

Lettering pallet,

148

Lettering by hand,

55

Lettering in white ink,

56

Levant morocco,

145

Library binding,

17

and foll.

Life histories of library bindings,

22

Limp binding,

145

Linen, English,

134

Linen-finish buckram,

145

Lining papers,

133

,

145

Loose backs, repairing,

81

Loose joints, repairing,

81

Loose leaves, inserting,

78

Low buckram,

134

Lying press,

145

Magazine binders,

61

Magazines, binding single copies,

64

Maioli style,

145

Maps, mounting,

52

Maps, repairing,

84

Marbled calf,

146

Marbler,

146

Marbling,

146

Margins,

142

Marking books,

57

Mending books,

68

Mending tissue,

87

Millboard,

146

Mitred,

146

Morocco,

41

,

146

Morocco, French,

137

Morocco, Levant,

145

Morocco, Persian,

150

Morocco, Turkey,

160

Morocco cloth,

41

,

147

Morocco cloth, Imperial,

141

Mosaic binding,

147

Mottled calf,

147

Mounting,

52

Music, binding,

50

Needles,

87

Newark library, binding records,

112

Newark library, binding statistics,

22

Newark library, repairing methods,

74

New Haven binder,

65

Newspapers, binding according to use,

42

Niger goatskin,

147

Numbering backs,

53

Octavo,

148

Off-set,

148

Opening, ease of,

23

Out of boards,

148

Overcasting,

46

,

148

Pallet,

148

Pamphlets, binding,

58

Panel,

148

Paneling,

149

Paper,

101

Paper, determining quality,

109

Paper, mending,

88

Paper, laid,

144

Paper, qualities,

106

Paper covers,

90

Paper used in books,

106

Papering up,

149

Paring,

149

Paring knife,

149

Paste,

85

,

88

Pastewash,

150

Payne, Roger, style,

150

Pencil marks removed,

74

Persian morocco,

150

Petits fers,

150

Philadelphia binder,

67

Pieced space,

150

Pigskin,

41

,

151

Plane,

151

Plates, broken-up,

126

Plates, insertion on guards,

48

Plates, pressing,

152

Plough,

151

Pointille style,

151

Points,

151

Polishers,

151

Powder,

154

Press,

152

Press pin,

152

Pressing boards,

152

Pressing plates,

152

Publishers’ bindings, cleaning,

75

Publishers’ bindings, statistics of wear,

20

Quarto,

152

Quire,

152

Rag paper,

102

Rebinding, cost of,

20

Rebinding for wear,

36

Rebinding, preparation of books for,

44

Records of binding,

110

Recto,

152

Register,

152

Repairing books,

68

Repairing joints,

71

Re-siding books,

83

Roan,

153

Roedde magazine binder,

66

Roger Payne style,

150

Rolling machine,

153

Rolls,

153

Roulette border,

153

Rounding,

153

Rounding hammer,

153

Roundlet,

153

Roxburgh binding,

153

Rubbing,

153

Rugby wrapping paper for covers,

91

Ruler,

88

Run up,

154

Russia leather,

154

Saddle-stitched,

154

Sawing in,

154

Scissors,

88

Seme,

154

Setting the head,

154

Sewer,

155

Sewing all along,

119

Sewing by hand,

27

Sewing in loose sections,

79

Sewing, flexible,

137

Sewing bench,

88

Sheep, Law,

144

Sheepskin,

155

Shelf-back,

156

Sides, material for,

42

Signature,

156

Sixteenmo,

156

Size,

156

Skiver,

156

Slips,

157

Split leather,

157

Springfield binder,

66

Sprinkled calf,

157

Sprinkled edges,

157

Squares,

157

Stabbed,

157

Stabbing,

157

Stabbing awl,

126

Stains, removal,

85

Stamps,

157

Standing press,

158

Start,

158

Steamboating,

159

Stitching,

154

Straight edge,

159

Style, Grolier,

139

Style, Le Gascon,

138

Style, Pointille,

151

Style, Roger Payne,

150

Style, Roxburgh,

153

Super,

159

Tacky,

159

Tape,

159

Thirty-two-mo,

159

Tapes, sewing on,

32

Terminology of bookbinding,

119

Thread,

45

,

89

,

159

Tins, Inside,

142

Tipping-in,

71

Title,

160

Tools,

160

Top cover,

160

Top edges,

160

Top gilt,

160

Top side,

160

Tops, gilt,

138

Torn leaves, mending,

75

Torsion binder,

66

Tree calf,

160

Trimming,

160

Trindle,

160

Tub,

160

Turkey morocco,

160

Turning-up,

160

Tying-up,

161

Uncut,

161

Unopened,

161

Waste leaves,

161

Waterproof sheets,

161

Wearing qualities of leather,

95

Weis binder,

66

Whatman paper,

161

Whipping,

161

Whipstitching,

45

White edges,

161

White ink,

56

Whole binding,

161

Wire staples,

162

Witness,

162

Wood paper,

101

Wove paper,

162

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