Bookbinding and the Care of Books

Bookbinding and the Care of Books

A Handbook for Amateurs Bookbinders & Librarians

Douglas Cockerell

With Drawings by Noel Rooke, and other Illustrations

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface

Author's Note

Part I Binding

Introduction

Entering -- Books in Sheets -- Folding -- Collating -- Pulling to Pieces -- Refolding -- Knocking Out JointsGuarding -- Throwing Out -- Paring Paper -- Soaking off India Proofs -- Mounting Very Thin Paper -- Splitting Paper -- Inlaying Leaves or Plates -- Flattening VellumSizing -- Washing -- MendingEnd Papers -- Leather Joints -- PressingTrimming Before Sewing -- Edge GildingMarking up -- Sewing -- Materials for SewingFraying Out Slips and Glueing up -- Rounding and BackingCutting and Attaching Boards -- Cleaning off the Back and PressingCutting in Boards -- Gilding or Colouring the Edges of a Cut BookHeadbands Preparing for Covering -- Paring Leather -- Covering -- Mitring Corners and Filling inLibrary Binding -- Binding Very Thin Books -- Scrap-Books -- Vellum Bindings -- Books Covered with Embroidery and Woven MaterialDecoration of Binding -- Tools -- Finishing -- Tooling on Vellum -- Inlaying on LeatherLettering on the Back -- Blind Tooling -- Heraldry on Book CoversDesigning for Gold-Tooled Decoration -- Designing Tools -- Combining Tools to Form Patterns -- Designing for Backs -- Designing for Inside of BoardsPasting Down End Papers -- Opening Newly Bound BooksClasps and Ties -- Metal on BindingsLeather Paper -- Pastes -- White Paste for Mending -- Glue


Part II Care of Books when Bound

Injurious Influences to which Books are Subjected -- Bookworms -- Rats and Mice -- Cockroaches -- Placing the Books in the ShelvesTo Preserve Old Bindings -- Re-BackingSpecifications for Bookbinding

Reproductions of Bindings

Glossary