Bookbinding and The Care of Books
Librarians by Douglas Cockerell with Drawings
by Noel Rooke and other Illustrations
New York
1902
Book binding Chapter XIII
Part 2
the waste end papers with slips attached are placed
in them (see fig. 72), and the book nipped in the
press. To form a "French joint" the boards should
be kept about an eighth of an inch from the back
of the book. The book is then ready for covering.
The leather must not be pared too thin, as the
French joint will give plenty of play and allow the
use of much thicker leather than usual. If time and
money can be spared, headbands can be worked,
but they are not absolutely necessary, and a piece
of string may be inserted into the turning of the
be tied round the joints, and the whole given a nip in the press. The corners of the boards
should be protected by small tips of vellum or parchment. The sides may be covered with good
paper, which will wear quite as well as cloth, look better, and cost less.
The lettering of library books IS very important (see Chapter XV).
Books consisting of only one section Binding very may be bound as follows: A sheet of thin
paper to match the book, and two colored sheets for end papers, are folded round the section,
and a "waste" paper put over all. A strip of linen is pasted to the back of the waste, and the
whole sewn together by stitching through the fold. The waste may be cut off and inserted with
the linen in a split board, as for library bindings. The back edges of the board should be filed
thin) and should not be placed quite up to the back) to allow for a little play in the joints. The
leather is put on in the ordinary lending very way, except that the linen at the head and Thin
Books tail must be slit a little to allow for the turn in. If waterproof sheets are first inserted, the
ends may be pasted, the boards shut, and the book nipped in the press. By substituting a piece of
thin leather for the outside colored paper, a leather joint can be made.
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