TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

CHAPTER I