Practical Bookbinding
by Paul Adam
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About this eBook
- Author
- Adam, Paul, 1849-1931
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Hazel Batey and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Z: Bibliography, Library science
- Subject
- Bookbinding
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 39318
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39318
- Release Date
- March 31, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING.
- 2.Contents.
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 4.TABLE OF COMPARISON. — WEIGHT. — LENGTH. — VOLUME. — HEAT.
- 5.COMPARISON BETWEEN FAHRENHEIT AND CENTIGRADE THERMOMETERS.
- 6.PREFACE.
- 7.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON WORKING METHODS AND MATERIALS. — A.— Materials for Sewing and Pasting. — B.— Material for Covering the Book. — C.— Materials for Decorating and Finishing. — D.— Tools.
- 8.PART I. — FORWARDING.
- 9.CHAPTER I. — General Preparatory Work.
- 10.CHAPTER II. — Sewing.
- 11.CHAPTER III. — Cutting, Rounding, Backing.
- 12.CHAPTER IV. — Marbling, Gilding, &c., the Edges and Headbanding.
- 13.CHAPTER V. — Boarding
- 14.PART II. — THE COVER. — View of the Most General Styles of Binding, Showing the Divisions of the Work.
- 15.CHAPTER VI. — Making the Cover.
- 16.CHAPTER VII. — Work with the Blocking Press.
- 17.CHAPTER VIII. — Treatment of Sewn Books: Fastening in Covers and Finishing Off.
- 18.CHAPTER IX. — Hand Finishing.
- 19.CHAPTER X — Account Books.
- 20.CHAPTER XI. — School Books and Mounting.
- 21.CONCLUSION. — The End. — INDEX.
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