Practical Bookbinding

ks: Fastening in Cove

advance as the books are formed and then case and covering made on the book itself. This

p. V., pp. 87-88) how the so-calle

length as the cut boards to be used. The strips-afterwards representing raised bands-are laid upon this packing; these strips are best cut from waste pieces of cow-hide, but if this is not to hand, paste pieces of waste goat-skin three ply thick, press lightly, and, when dry, cut out of this material stri

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ck tight over the back, and now firmly rubbed down on the strip left free at the first sheet. Exactly at the first sheet the paper is again folded over and pasted over the back, afterwards repeating the preceding glueing process. In this way the paper is folded from the joint and glued three times. The overlapping parts are cut off. The back now consists of four layers, the first of which is glued on to the book, the other three, of course,

e likewise placed in position an

h joint but corresponding to the height of the boards. When this adjustment has been obtained, the parts overlapping on the boards are pressed down for a time, and after again seeing that the position is right, they are drawn over firmly. It is best to stand the volume on its fore-edge and, using the palms of both hands together, rub the covering mate

k at the edge between index and middle finger of the left hand and lift it out of the boards at the head; the right hand, with the help of the folder, turns the pasted

urning in

er. In the latter case the leather must, of course, be pared down, as also in

the leather is not too thick in the joint; if so, it must be reduced to the required thickness. It must be pared at the head so that the

70-The head:

r. The turning-in is done in the same way, but the overlap-as far as the actual width of t

t-not slant-wise-over the headband, so that

to the head pared down. This is done before covering-it not only makes t

sharp and also that it has already, to a certain extent, a deep groove, and then closed. If no layer of waste paper has pr

rts. Behind the cord the head and tail are pressed down with the folder to right and left, slightly outwards; whatever may have been drawn in by the cord is put

by drawing the back underneath a folder with a wave-like motion. It can easily be done after being once seen. To give the back a good hold on the book from

ut 2 cm. long at the joints with a small knife in order

re exactly the same as already ex

pressing the cloth to the back with the flat hand only, and then sharply rubbing down the overlapping sides at the joint with the point of the folder, rubbing the sides as well. For this, lay the book on th

the book into the cover. By covers is understood either a cover made to fit a book to

er than with the paddings of the cover, thin books, of course, a little more. Thickness of thre

that is to say, similar to glueing the back, the back is pasted on to the book itself, a strip of paper the proper width is laid on so

fits tight into the joints. The padding of the back is glued, the book laid in, the boards at both sides well drawn over, a covering of paper laid over the back, and then well rubbed down with the flat folder. The pressing that finds so much favour is altogether superfluous, as it ta

k square before you, the open board next the table edge, and with the point of a knife first lift the bands from the cloth joint, lay them taut over the smooth board and smooth them down with the knife so that everything lies smooth and even, taking sp

ay be turned, placed on a board, pushed up to t

he pasted

own with only the outer leaf or white end paper and without a cloth joint, whilst here th

eaf-afterwards an end paper-and bands are pasted, the latter at the same time being smoothed out with a knife or folder; the boards

e pasted on, a paste-down mu

e book is not so good as subsequent pasting down, as they are then l

lose along the joint, for back and front, about 1/2 cm. wide, are pushed up, thinly pasted, and pasted into the book up to the pressed joint. The leaves so hinged in are now raised, the under leaf thinly coated with thin glue, the leaf closed and rubbed down under paper

re also used, but between the first and last sheets of the book, so as to press

open, are laid upon a board, pasting thinly with thin paste first one side, then turning the boo

wn open. Where cloth or leather jointed, this is done in a similar way to boarding in covers, except that the bands need not be considered here, as they have already been seen to. Working the leather well in the joint

where the paper has already become weakened by sharp creasing, but near it. The half for the fly leaf is at once pasted down; that to be pasted on the board must first be cut to size. The end paper is cut off at head and tail of the book, the book opened, the end paper laid over the board, and with the dividers is marked out on the paste-down parallel with the e

board and rubbed down; at the same time a piece of paper is laid over the joint as above. When pasting in the co

eatment of

ust be so arranged that, after the pasting, one leaf forms the counterpart of the other, that is to say, the design must run through and be broken onl

or extra work, the silk here being stretched over a