The Building of a Book
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- A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing
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1. Front matter2. THE BUILDING OF A BOOK3. FOREWORD4. ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTORS5. INTRODUCTION By Theodore L. De Vinne6. THE AUTHOR By George W. Cable7. THE LITERARY AGENT By Paul R. Reynolds8. THE LITERARY ADVISER By Francis W. Halsey9. THE MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT By Lawton L. Walton10. THE MAKING OF TYPE By L. Boyd Benton11. HAND COMPOSITION AND ELECTROTYPING By J. Stearns Cushing12. COMPOSITION BY THE LINOTYPE MACHINE By Frederick J. Warburton13. COMPOSITION BY THE MONOTYPE MACHINE By Paul Nathan14. PROOF-READING By George L. Miller15. PAPER MAKING By Herbert W. Mason16. PRESSWORK By Walter J. Berwick17. THE PRINTING PRESS By Otto L. Raabe18. PRINTING INK By James A. Ullman19. THE PRINTER'S ROLLER By Albert S. Burlingham20. THE ILLUSTRATOR By Charles D. Williams21. HALF-TONE, LINE, AND COLOR PLATES By Emlyn M. Gill22. THE WAX PROCESS By Robert D. Servoss23. MAKING INTAGLIO PLATES By Elmer Latham24. PRINTING INTAGLIO PLATES By George W. H. Ritchie25. THE GELATINE PROCESS By Emil Jacobi26. LITHOGRAPHY By Charles Wilhelms27. COVER DESIGNING By Amy Richards28. THE COVER STAMPS By George Becker29. BOOK CLOTHS By Henry P. Kendall30. BOOK LEATHERS By Ellery C. Bartlett31. THE BINDING By Jesse Fellowes Tapley32. SPECIAL BINDINGS By Henry Blackwell33. COPYRIGHTING By Frederick H. Hitchcock34. PUBLICITY By Vivian Burnett35. REVIEWING AND CRITICISING By Walter Littlefield36. THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN By Harry A. Thompson37. SELLING AT WHOLESALE By Joseph E. Bray38. SELLING AT RETAIL By Warren Snyder39. SELLING BY SUBSCRIPTION By Charles S. Olcott40. SELLING AT AUCTION By John Anderson, Jr.41. SELECTING FOR A PUBLIC LIBRARY By Arthur E. Bostwick42. RARE AND SECOND-HAND BOOKS By Charles E. Goodspeed.