Bookbinding for Beginners"Binding or rebinding books to one's own design ... This book is a guide for the complete beginner, and explains all you need to know to produce attractive bindings. Starting with sheets of paper and carrying right through to the final lettering and decoration, there are step-by-step instructions on how to carry out the various processes. There are sections on rebinding sewn and unsewn books, binding pamphlets, repairing torn pages and cloth covers, and simple leather binding. There are suggestions for the use of unusual materials and decorations, and the descriptions of standard tools and equipment include substitutes and improvisations to help avoid expense"--Cover blurb. |
Contents
Contents Introduction | 7 |
Small tools | 9 |
Special equipment | 12 |
Copyright | |
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adhesive back board back edge bench bend bevel binders blade blocking foil bone folder book in press bookbinding bookcloth brush cambric Cellotape cellulose centre clamp clean cloth colour cord corners cover decoration drawing endpapers fibres fillets finger finished flat folded edges fore-edge give glair glued gold leaf gold stick grain direction groove guard hammer hand head and tail holes inch inside Japanese tissue joint keep kraft paper L Cut leather leave the book length letters licked finger long edge lying-press manilla card marks millboard mull needle paring knife paste pattern piece plate plough Polyvinyl acetate pressing boards pull put the book remove round rubber solution saw-cut Scotch tape screw sections sewing sewn side spokeshave square stick stiffened strips surface tear terylene thickness thin thread thumb tipped tissue trim turn turn-in usually waste paper width