Chapter I. Introduction 3

II. Selection of a binder 9

III. Processes 13

IV. Materials 51

V. Specifications 87

VI. Binding before purchase and reinforcing 103

VII. Cost 115

VIII. Preparing for the bindery 125

IX. Binding records and routine 149

X. Repairing, recasing, recovering etc. 165

XI. Magazine binders 199

XII. Pamphlets 205

XIII. Bindery in the library building 209

Appendix A. Specifications of the U. S. Bureau of Standards for book cloths 217

B. Reading list on binding 221

C. List of technical terms 225

Index 245

LIBRARY BOOKBINDING

LIBRARY BOOKBINDING