Book binding Book

Bookbinding and The Care of Books
A Handbook for Amateurs Bookbinders &
Librarians by Douglas Cockerell with Drawings
by Noel Rooke and other Illustrations
New York
1902

Specifications for Book Binding
  I.
For Extra Binding suitable
for Valluable Books. Whole
Leather.
 II.
For Good Binding for
Books of Reference,
Catalogues &c., and
other heavy Books that
may have a great deal
of use. Whole or Half
Leather
 III.
For Binding for
Libraries, for
Books in
current use.
Half Leather
 IV.
For Library
Bindings of Books
of little Interest or
Value, Cloth or Half
Linen.
Sheets.
 To be carefully folded or if
an old book all damaged
leaves to be carefully
mended. The backs where
damaged to be made sound.
Single leaves to be guarded
round the sections next
them. All plates to be
guarded. Guards to be sewn
through. No pasting on or
overcasting to be allowed.
 As No. I., except that
any mending may be
done rather with a view
to strength than
extreme neatness.
 Same as No. II
 Any leaves
damaged at the
back or plates to be
overcast into
sections.
End
Papers.
 To be sewn on. To be of
good paper made with
zigzag, with board papers of
self-coloring paper of good
quality or vellum. Or to be
made with leather joint.
 To be good paper made
with zigzag with board
papers of self-colored
paper of good quality.
Large or heavy books to
have a cloth joint. To
be sewn on.
 To be of good
paper, sewn on,
made with
zigzag.
 Same as No. II
Pressing.
 Books on handmade paper
not to be pressed unduly.
 Same as No. I
 Same as No. I
  
Edges.
 To be trimmed and gilt
before sewing. To be uncut.
 To be cut and gilt in
boards or coloured, or
to be uncut.
 To be uncut or
to be cut in
guillotime and
guit or colored,
or to have top
edge only gilt.
 May be cut smooth
in gullotine.
Sewing.
 To be with ligature silk,
flexible, round five bands of
best sewing cord.
 To be with unbleached
thread, flexible, round
five bands of best
sewing cord.
 To be with
unbleached
thread across
not less than
four unbleached
linen tapes.
 With unbleached
thread over three
unbleached linen
tapes.
Back.
 To be kept as flat as it
can be without forcing it
and without danger of
its becoming concave in
use.
 Same as for No. I
 Same as for No. I and
II
 Back to left square
after gluing up.
Boards.
 To be of the best black
mill board. Two boards
to be made together for
large books and all five
bands laced in through
two holes.
 Same as for No. I or
may be of good grey
board.
 To be split grey
boards or straw board
with black board liner
with ends of tapes
attached to portion of
waste.
 To be split boards.
Two straw boards
made together and
ends of slips
inserted. French
joint to be left.
Headband
s.
 To be worked with silk
on strips of vellum,
catgut, or cord with
frequent tie-downs. The
headbands to be "set" by
pieces of good paper or
leather glued at the
head and tail. The back
to lined up with leather
all over if the book is
large.
 Same as for No. I
 To be worked with
thread or vellum or
cord, or to be omitted
and a piece of cord
inserted into the turn
in of the heather at
the head and tail in
their place.
 No headbands.
Covers.
 Goat skin (morocco),
pigskin, sealskin,
manufactured
according to the
recommendations of the
Society of Arts
Committee on leather
for bookbinding. Whole
binding; leather to be
attached directly to the
back.
 Same as for No. I
excepting that
properly prepared
sheepskin may be
added. Half binding,
leather only at back.
Corners to be
strengthened with
tips of vellum Sides
covered with good
paper or linen.
 Same as for No. I and
II but skins may be
used where there are
surface flaws that do
not affect the
strength. Leather to
be used thicker than
is usual and there
being French joints.
Leather at back only,
paper sides, and
vellum tips.
 Whole buckram or
half linen and paper
sides.
Lettering.
 To be legible and to
identify the volume.
 Same as for No. I
 Same as for No. I and
II.
 Same as for No. I, II,
and III
Decoratio
n.
 To be as much or as
little as nature of the
book warrants.
 To be omitted or
only to consist of a
few lines or dots.
 To be omitted.
 To be omitted.
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