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new leather and bound tightly with tape to make sure that it sticks.
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When the leather at the corners of the board needs repairing, the corner is glued and tapped with a hammer to
make it hard and square, and when it is dry a little piece of new leather is slipped under the old and the corner
covered.
When the sewing cords or thread of a book have perished it should be rebound, but if there are any remains of
the original binding they should be preserved and utilised. If the old boards have quite perished, new boards of
the same nature and thickness should be got out and the old cover pasted over them. Such places as the old
leather will not cover, must first be covered with new of the same colour. Generally speaking, it is desirable
that the characteristics of an old book should be preserved, and that the new work should be as little in
evidence as possible. It is far more pleasant to see an old book in a patched contemporary binding, than smug
and tidy in the most immaculate modern cover.
Part of the interest of any old book is its individual history, which can be gathered from the binding,
book-plates, marginal notes, names of former owners, &c., and anything that tends to obliterate these signs is
to be deplored.
SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATIONS FOR BOOKBINDING
These specifications will require modification in special cases, and are only intended to be a general guide.
------------+---------+-------------+----------+--------+----------+------- | SHEETS. | END PAPERS. | PRESSING.|
EDGES. | SEWING. | BACK. ------------+---------+-------------+----------+--------+----------+------- |To be |To be
sewn |Books on |To be |To be with|To be I. |carefully|on. To be of |handmade |trimmed |ligature |kept For
Extra |folded, |good paper |paper not |and gilt|silk, |as Binding |or, if |made with |to be |before |flexible, |flat
suitable |an old |zigzag, with |pressed |sewing. |round five|as it for Valuable|book, all|board papers |unduly. |To
be |bands of |can be Books. Whole|damaged |of self- | |uncut. |best |without Leather. |leaves to|coloured | |
|sewing |forcing |be |paper of good| | |cord. |it and |carefully|quality, or | | | |without |mended, |vellum. Or to| | |
|danger |the backs|be made with | | | |of its |where |leather | | | |becom- |damaged |joint. | | | |ing |to be | | | |
|concave |made | | | | |in use. |sound. | | | | | |Single | | | | | |leaves | | | | | |to be | | | | | |guarded | | | | | |round | | | | | |the
| | | | | |sections | | | | | |next | | | | | |them. All| | | | | |plates to| | | | | |be | | | | | |guarded. | | | | | |Guards to| | | | | |be sewn
| | | | | |through. | | | | | |No past- | | | | | |ing on | | | | | |or over- | | | | | |casting | | | | | |to be | | | | | |allowed. | | | | |
------------+---------+-------------+----------+--------+----------+------- |As No. |To be of good|Same as |To be |To
be with|Same as II. |I., |paper made |No. I. |cut and |unbleached|for No. For Good |excepting|with zigzag, | |gilt
in |thread, |I. Binding for |that any |with board | |boards |flexible, | Books of |mending |papers of | |or |round
five| Reference, |may be |self-coloured| |coloured|bands of | Catalogues, |done |paper of good| |or to be|best |
&c., and |rather |quality. | |uncut. |sewing | other heavy |with a |Large or | | |cord. | Books that |view to |heavy
books | | | | may have a |strength |to have a | | | | great deal |than |cloth joint. | | | | of use. |extreme |To be sewn | |
| | Whole or |neatness.|on. | | | | Half | | | | | | Leather. | | | | | |
------------+---------+-------------+----------+--------+----------+------- |Same as |To be of good|Same as |To be |To
be with|Same as III. |No. II. |paper, sewn |No. I. |uncut, |unbleached|for For Binding | |on, made with| |or to
be|thread |Nos. I. for | |zigzag. | |cut in |across not|and II. Libraries, | | | |guillo- |less than | IV. for | | | |tine
and|four | Books in | | | |gilt or |unbleached| current | | | |coloured|linen | use. Half | | | |or to |tapes. | Leather. | | |
|have top| | | | | |edge | | | | | |only | | | | | |gilt. | | ------------+---------+-------------+----------+--------+----------+-------
|Any |Same as No. | |May be |With |Back to IV. |leaves |III. | |cut |unbleached|be left For Library |damaged | |
|smooth |thread |square Bindings of |at the | | |in |over three|after Books of |back or | | |guillo-
|unbleached|glueing little |plates | | |tine. |linen |up. Interest or |to be | | | |tapes. | Value, |overcast | | | | | Cloth or
|into | | | | | Half Linen. |sections.| | | | | ------------+---------+-------------+----------+--------+----------+-------
SPECIFICATIONS FOR BOOKBINDING--(continued).
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------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+-------- |BOARDS. |HEADBANDS.| COVERS.
|LETTERING.|DECORATION.| ------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+-------- |To be
of|To be |Goatskin |To be |To be as |All work I. |the best|worked |(morocco),|legible |much or as |to be For
Extra |black |with silk |pigskin |and to |little as |done in Binding |mill- |on strips |or seal- |identify |the nature
|the best suitable |board. |of vellum |skin manu-|the |of the book|manner. for Valuable|Two |or catgut |factured
|volume. |warrants. | Books. Whole|boards |or cord, |according | | | Leather. |to be |with |to the | | | |made
|frequent |recommend-| | | |together|tie-downs.|ations of | | | |for |The head- |the | | | |large |bands to |Society | | |
|books, |be "set" |of Arts' | | | |and all |by pieces |Committee | | | |five |of good |on Leather| | | |bands |paper or
|for | | | |laced in|leather |Book- | | | |through |glued at |binding. | | | |two |head and |Whole | | | |holes. |tail. The
|binding; | | | | |back to be|leather | | | | |lined up |to be | | | | |with |attached | | | | |leather |directly | | | | |all over |to
the | | | | |if the |back. | | | | |book is | | | | | |large. | | | |
------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+-------- |Same as |Same as |Same as |Same as |To be
|Work may II. |No. I., |No. I. |No. I., |No. I. |omitted, or|be a For Good |or may | |excepting | |only to |little
Binding for |be of | |that | |consist of |rougher, Books of |good | |properly | |a few lines|but not Reference, |grey |
|prepared | |or dots or |careless Catalogues, |board. | |sheepskin | |other |or &c., and | | |may be | |quite |dirty.
other heavy | | |added. | |simple | Books that | | |Half- | |ornament. | may have | | |binding, | | | a great deal| |
|leather | | | of use. | | |only at | | | Whole or | | |back. | | | Half | | |Corners | | | Leather. | | |to be | | | | | |strength- | | |
| | |ened with | | | | | |tips of | | | | | |vellum. | | | | | |Sides | | | | | |covered | | | | | |with good | | | | | |paper | | | | | |or
linen. | | | ------------+--------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+-------- |To be |To be |Same as |Same as
|To be |Same as III. |split |worked |Nos. I. |Nos. I. |omitted. |No. II. For Binding |grey |with |and II., |and II. | |
for |boards, |thread |but skins | | | Libraries, |or |or vellum |may be | | | for Books |straw- |or cord, |used where| | |
in current |board |or to be |there are | | | use. Half |with |omitted |surface | | | Leather. |black |and a |flaws that| | |
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