The edges of the boards may have a gold line run on them, and the head-cap may be decorated with a few dots.
CHAPTER XVII
Pasting down End Papers—Opening Books
PASTING DOWN END PAPERS
When the finishing is done, the end papers should be pasted down on to the board; or if there is a leather joint, the panel left should be filled in to match the end paper.
To paste down end papers, the book is placed on the block with the board open (see [fig. 117], A), the waste sheets are torn off, the joints cleared of any glue or paste, and the boards flattened, as described at page [171] for pasting down leather joints. One of the paste-down papers is then stretched over the board and rubbed down in the joint, and the amount to be cut off to make it fit into the space left by the turn-in of the leather is marked on it with dividers, measuring from the edge of the board. A cutting tin is then placed on the book, the paste-down paper turned over it, and the edges trimmed off to the divider points with a knife and straight-edge, leaving small pieces to cover the ends of the joint ([fig. 117], A, c).
The cutting and pasting down of these small pieces in the joint are rather difficult; they should come exactly to the edges of the board.
Fig. 117.