TESTS
Physical and chemical tests to verify the properties required by these specifications will be made according to the "Standard method for testing book cloths" as used by the Bureau of Standards, copies of which can be obtained on application.
APPENDIX B
READING LIST ON BINDING
Adam, Paul. Practical bookbinding. 1903. Van Nostrand. $1.25.
A translation of a German work.
American library association. Committee on bookbinding. Binding for libraries. 1915. A. L. A. Publishing Board. $.15. (Library handbook No. 5. Second edition, revised.)
Binding specifications which may be used by large as well as small libraries.
Bailey, A. L. Bookbinding. 1911. A. L. A. Publishing Board. $.10.
Preprint of Manual of library economy, Chapter 26.
Bindery talk. 1912-13. v. 1-2. All published.
A periodical published by W. E. Reavis, Los Angeles, California, covering various phases of library binding.
Bliss, H. E. Better bookbinding for libraries. Library Journal, 1905, 30:849-57.
Brief article on methods and materials.
Brown, J. D. Bookbinding and repairing. In his Manual of library economy, pp. 328-48.
Valuable chiefly for its section on lettering.
Brown, M. W. Mending and repair of books. A. L. A. Publishing Board. $.15. (Library handbook No. 6.)
Caldwell, M. R. Preparing for the binder. Public Libraries, 1906, 11:302-3.
Chivers, Cedric. Paper and binding of lending library books. American Library Association. Bulletin. 1909, 3:231-59.
Also published separately by Mr. Chivers. A record of experiments and tests of modern book papers.
Chivers, Cedric. Relative value of leathers and other binding materials. 1911. Published by the author.
A record of tests of leathers. Practically the same article will be found in the Bulletin of the American Library Association for 1911, p. 164.
Cockerell, Douglas. Bookbinding and the care of books. 1902. Appleton. $1.25.
Best general book on binding processes, but does not cover all library requirements.
Coutts, H. T., and Stephen, G. A. Manual of library bookbinding. 1911. Libraco Limited. 7s. 6d. net.
A valuable book for all libraries. Gives the English point of view.
Crane, W. J. E. Bookbinding for amateurs. 1903. Scribner. $.65.
Cundall, Joseph, ed. On bookbindings, ancient and modern. 1881. Bell, Lond. $12.
Will be used mainly by those interested in the history and artistic side of bookbinding.
Dana, J. C. Notes on bookbinding for libraries. Ed. 2. 1910. Library Bureau. $1.
The best single book for the librarian.
Drury, F. K. W. On protecting pamphlets. Library Journal, 1910, 35: 118-19.
Field, C. Book repairing. California News Notes, 2: 105-8.
Hasluck, P. N., ed. Bookbinding. 1903. McKay. $.50.
Practical handbook. Does not cover strong binding for libraries.
Horne, H. P. Binding of books. 1894. Scribner. $2.
For those interested in the artistic side of binding.
Hulme, E. W., and others. Leather for libraries. 1905. Library Supply Co., London. 2s. 6d. net.
Lowe, J. A. Permanent book marking. Library Journal, 1910, 35: 15-17.
Macleod, R. D. Preservation of books in libraries. Library World, 11: 256, 331, 368, 417.
Deals with general repairs, etc. The second part (p. 331) is especially valuable for the large number of cleaning recipes.
Lowe, J. A. Permanent book marking. Library Journal.
Memoranda relative to binding publications for distribution to state and territorial libraries and depositories. 1908. U. S. Superintendent of Documents.
An account of the tests of book cloths made by the Bureau of Standards.
Philip, A. J. The business of bookbinding from the viewpoint of the binder, the publisher, the librarian and the general reader. 1912. S. Paul. 6s. net.
In spite of the title the viewpoint is that of the librarian.
Prideaux, S. T. Historical sketch of bookbindings. 1893. Lawrence, London. $1.50 net.
Sawyer, H. P. How to care for books in a library. 1912. Democrat Printing Co., Madison, Wis. $.10.
A good article on mending.
Society of arts. Report of the Committee on leathers for bookbinding. 1905. Bell. 10s. 6d.
Stephen, G. A. Commercial bookbinding. 1910. Stonhill, London. 2s. 6d.
The best book on this subject.
—. Machine book-sewing. 1908. Aberdeen University Press.
Reprinted from the Library association record, June 1908.
—. Notes on materials for library bookbinding. Library Assistant, 1905-7, 5:143-6, 162-4.
Swezey, A. D. Binding records. Public Libraries, 1909, 14: 5-7.
Worcester (Mass.) County law library. Leather preservation. 1911.
—. A small binding plant in the building. 1912.
Zaehnsdorf, Joseph. Bookbinding. Macmillan. $1.50.
Zahn, Otto. On art binding. 1904. Toof & Co., Memphis. $1.50.
By a well known artistic bookbinder.