Bookbinding, and the care of books; a text-book for bookbinders and librarians by Cockerell Douglas

Author:Cockerell, Douglas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bookbinding, Books
Publisher: London, New York [etc.] Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd
Published: 1920-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Fig. 72.

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 pieces of string may be inserted into the turning of the leather at head and tail in the place of them. 176

When the book is covered, a piece Library of string should be tied round the Binding joints, and the whole given a nip in the press. The corners of the boards may be protected by small tips of vellum or parchment. The sides may be covered with cloth or good paper.

The lettering of library books is very important (see Chapter XV).

BINDING VERY THIN BOOKS

Books consisting of only one section Binding very may be bound as follows :—A sheet of Thin Books paper to match the book, and two coloured 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 M 177

Binding 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 coloured paper, a leather joint can be made.

SCRAP-BOOKS

Scrap-Book» Scrap-books, into which autograph letters, sketches, 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 leaves, it will make it manageable while being forwarded.

It is best to use a rather darkly-toned or coloured paper, as, if a quite white paper is used, any letters or papers that 178

have become soiled, will look unduly Scrap-Books dirty.

Autograph letters may be mounted in the following ways:—If the letter is

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