Practical Bookbinding

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d mill-boards; the cheaper are called straw-boards. Leather boards are not suitable for books as they invariably wrinkle or cockle. The boards may be cut to size before fastening on, or this may be done even after t

, for by the aid of quickly adjusted rectangles

lightly project at top and bottom as well as fore-edge so as to afford sufficient protection to the book. The margins so projecting a

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rds must be cut to size with the knife upon a cu

and removable wooden handles-are made of "glass hard" steel. If the point is worn away, a piece about 1/2 cm. long is kno

rd on the book, it must be cut about 1 cm. larg

with paste as with glue; the former is preferable but necessitates longer pressing and d

hey have not already been glued on-a method preferred by many experienced hands. The bands must be pasted so that they radiate from the back without any tangle; a morsel of paste the size of a pea is laid on the band from underneath with the f

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fe on the so-called paring stone. A second strip-the backing-of the same material is cut the same length but exactly the width of the back of the book and is glued on to the middle of the wider strip. The overlapping parts at the sides are broken in towards the middle, close by the inner packing, and the crease well pressed down with the folder. These overlapping edges are then turned back again and a rule is laid on the packing pa

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h a made-up back must fit perfectly true to the groove and on the back. This is the hollow back. Before fastening it to the book, the latter must have a piece of stout paper pasted over the back; good packing-paper is the best. Newsp

aste the bands on to it, and the loose flaps as well, and then paste this on the outside and set the board on it. The latter must be set back a little further in this case so that the book moves freely in the joint.

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iron pin about the width of the edge is soldered. This tool is inserted between book and board so that the iron pin lies close to the edg

grasped in cutting boards. The

and the projecting back is neatly cut clean and straight to the

pasting the bands very smoothly upon the boards. A folded piece of waste paper is placed on the pasted part, a piece of zinc plate over it, and the book then pressed. Th

. When packing, a narrow strip of paper must be brought over the inner edge of the board in the

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marked is pierced slanting inwards-about half right angle-with a pointed awl. The board is turned, and sideways, near every first hole, a second hole is made which likewise takes a slanting direction to the board. The bands are drawn through these holes, and to be able to do this the bands must be well pasted and twisted to a point; cutting off the extreme ends of the bands will facilitate the drawing through. To draw the bands quite firm and tight the boards are stood

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, and is done before cutting-immediately after glueing up. The boards are each shifted to right or l

course. The end is pushed under the piece of the band seen on the inside of the board, the bands drawn tight, with board standing upright as before describ

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s has been considerably changed of late owing to the production of immense quantities for publishers' requirements

ishments and in high-class shops. Before we proceed with the preparation of the cover after the trimming, we must know how it is intended to treat the book. In the preceding chapter we have learned the methods of boarding, and this

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