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 3
SCRAPBOOKS
or other papers can be pasted, may be made as
follows :-Enough paper of good quality is folded
up to the size desired, and pieces of the same
paper, of the same height, and about two inches
wide, are folded down the centre and inserted
between the backs of the larger sheets, as shown at
fig. 73. It is best not to insert these smaller pieces
in the centre of the section, as they would be
troublesome in sewing. If, after sewing, the book
is filled up with waste paper laid between the
while being forwarded.
It is best to use a rather darkly-toned
or colored paper, as, if a quite white
paper is used, any letters or papers
that have become soiled) will look
unduly Scrap-Books dirty.
sides of a single leaf, it may be either cc inlaid)" or guarded) as shown at fig. 74) A. A letter on a
folded sheet of notepaper should have the folds strengthened with a guard of strong thin paper)
and be attached by a guard made) as shown at fig. 74) B; or if on very heavy paper) by a double
guard) as shown at fig. 74) C. Torn edges of letters may be strengthened with thin Japanese
paper.
Thin paper) written or printed only on one side) may be mounted on a page of the book. It is
better to attach these by Scrapbooks their extreme edges only, as if pasted down all over they
may cause the leaves to curl up.
Letters or any writing or drawing in lead pencil should be fixed with size before being inserted.
Silver prints of photographs are best mounted with some very quick-drying paste, such as that
sold for the purpose by the photographic dealers. If the leaf on which they are mounted is
slightly damped before the photograph is pasted down, it will be less likely to cockle. If this is
done, waterproof sheets should b~ put on each side of the leaf while it dries. If photographs are
attached by the edges only, they will not be so liable to draw the paper on which they are
mounted; but sometimes they will not lie flat themselves.
In cases where very thick letters or papers have to be pasted in, a few more leaves of the book
should be cut out, to make a corresponding thickness at the back.
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