- 1Dedication — Foreword
- 2Articles and Contributors
- 3Introduction — By Theodore L. de Vinne
- 4The Author — By George W. Cable
- 5The Literary Agent — By Paul R. Reynolds
- 6The Literary Adviser — By Francis W. Halsey
- 7The Manufacturing Department — By Lawton L. Walton
- 8The Making of Type — By L. Boyd Benton
- 9Hand Composition and Electrotyping — By J. Stearns Cushing
- 10Composition by the Linotype Machine — By Frederick J. Warburton
- 11Composition by the Monotype Machine — By Paul Nathan
- 12Proof-Reading — By George L. Miller
- 13Paper Making — By Herbert W. Mason
- 14Presswork — By Walter J. Berwick
- 15The Printing Press — By Otto L. Raabe
- 16Printing Ink — By James A. Ullman
- 17The Printer’s Roller — By Albert S. Burlingham
- 18The Illustrator — By Charles D. Williams
- 19Half-tone, Line, and Color Plates — By Emlyn M. Gill
- 20The Wax Process — By Robert D. Servoss
- 21Making Intaglio Plates — By Elmer Latham
- 22Printing Intaglio Plates — By George W. H. Ritchie
- 23The Gelatine Process — By Emil Jacobi
- 24Lithography — By Charles Wilhelms
- 25Cover Designing — By Amy Richards
- 26The Cover Stamps — By George Becker
- 27Book — Cloths — By Henry P. Kendall
- 28Book — Leathers — By Ellery C. Bartlett
- 29The Binding — By Jesse Fellowes Tapley
- 30Special Bindings — By Henry Blackwell
- 31Copyrighting — By Frederick H. Hitchcock
- 32Publicity — By Vivian Burnett
- 33Reviewing and Criticising — By Walter Littlefield
- 34The Travelling Salesman — By Harry A. Thompson
- 35Selling at Wholesale — By Joseph E. Bray
- 36Selling at Retail — By Warren Snyder
- 37Selling by Subscription — By Charles S. Olcott
- 38Selling at Auction — By John Anderson, Jr.
- 39Selecting for a Public Library — By Arthur E. Bostwick
The Building of a Book
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