Most books on binding and all books on library binding have devoted some space to paper, its composition, manufacture, finish and use. As the subject is so fully dealt with elsewhere it has not been included here. Those who are interested will find full information in the technical books on paper, in Mr. Dana's "Notes on book binding for libraries," and in Messrs. Coutts and Stephen's "Manual of library binding." There is also an excellent article on wood pulp paper in the Scientific American of October 4, 1913.
Nor has it seemed desirable to include chapters on commercial binding nor on historical bindings. Both of these subjects are treated adequately in Coutts and Stephen's "Manual." The present writer has limited his discussion to matters dealing directly with the binding of books for libraries.
In one or two cases the same subject has been treated in two different chapters because the subject matter belonged in both places, and in neither case would the discussion be complete without it.
A. L. B.
December 9, 1915.
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 |