- 1Editor’s Preface
- 2Author’s Note
- 3Part I — Binding
- 4Chapter II — Entering — Books in Sheets — Folding — Collating — Pul…
- 5Chapter III — Guarding — Throwing Out — Paring Paper — Soaking Off…
- 6Chapter IV — Sizing — Washing — Mending
- 7Chapter V — End Papers — Leather Joints — Pressing
- 8Chapter VI — Trimming Before Sewing
- 9Chapter VII — Marking Up
- 10Chapter VIII — Fraying Out Slips and Glueing Up
- 11Chapter IX — Cutting and Attaching Boards
- 12Chapter X — Cutting in Boards
- 13Chapter XI
- 14Chapter XII — Preparing for Covering
- 15Chapter XIII — Library Binding — Binding Very Thin Books — Scrap-Bo…
- 16Chapter XIV — Decoration — Tools — Finishing — Tooling on Vellum —…
- 17Chapter XV — Lettering — Blind Tooling — Heraldic Ornament
- 18Chapter XVI — Designing for Gold-Tooled Decoration
- 19Chapter XVII — Pasting Down End Papers — Opening Books
- 20Chapter XVIII — Clasps and Ties — Metal on Bindings
- 21Chapter XIX — Leather
- 22Chapter XX — Paper — Pastes — Glue
- 23Part II — Care of Books When Bound
- 24Chapter XXII — To Preserve Old Bindings — Re-backing
- 25Specifications — Specifications for Bookbinding
- 26Glossary
- 27Reproductions of Bindings
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books
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