Leather for Libraries

by E. Wyndham Hulme; Cyril Davenport; J. Gordon Parker; A. Seymour-Jones; F. J. Williamson

INDEX.

• Acetic Acid. See [Acids, organic].
• Acids, mineral, [20], [21]
• ---- ---- See also [Sulphuric acid].
• ---- organic; sulphuric acid substituted for, [8], [9]
• ----, ---- Use of, advocated, [21]
• Aniline dyes. See [Leather, dyeing].
• Athenæum Club Committee on leather decay, [11]
• Binderies, private; fitting and administration, [41-54]
• Binding contracts, [13], [24], [25]
• Binding specifications, model, [25]
• Bookbinding, education in, want of provision for, [43]
• Bookbinding in Public Libraries. See [Binderies, private].
• Bookbinding leathers. See [Leather]; and under names of skins, e.g., Goatskin, &c.
• Book cleaning and polishing. See [Leather preservative compositions].
• Books; replacing within covers, [43], [52], [53]
• Book-sewing; stabbing process for pamphlets, [42], [43]
• ---- ---- Modern methods, [43], [44]
• Calvert, C., on decay of leather, [11]
• Catechol tannins condemned. See [Tannins].
• Calfskin, [26], [36]
• Cockerell, D.: Note on Bookbinding, [25]
• Damp, influence upon leather, [27], [48]
• Davenport, C.: “Repairing and Binding of Books for Public Libraries.” Chap. IV., [41-48]
• Decay of leather. See [Leather, decay].
• Dyeing leather. See [Leather, dyeing].
• Formic acid. See [Acids, organic].
• Gas fumes; influence upon leather, [11], [12]
• Goatskin, [26], [34-36]
• Graining, artificial, of leather. See [Leather, artificial graining].
• Heat; action upon leather, [11], [12], [27]
• Hogskin. See [Pigskin].
• Hull Public Library; Reports on private bindery, [45-47]
• Hulme, E. W.: “History of Sumach Tanning, &c.” Chap. I., [7-14]
• Jones, A. S.: “Provenance, &c., of Bookbinding Leathers.” Chap. III., [31-38]
• Lactic acid. See [Acids, organic].
• Lawton, W. F. See [Hull Public Library].
• Leather, artificial graining of, [10], [22], [31]
• ---- bindings; conditions for preserving, [27]
• ----, decay of; history, [10-12]
• ----, ---- symptoms, [13], [14]
• ----, ---- reasons, [18-24]
• ---- dyeing; old and new systems compared, [9], [20], [21]
• ---- early manufacture, [17]
• ---- finishes, [24]
• ---- preservative compositions, [27], [47], [48]
• Leathers, retanned; process described and condemned, [22-24]
• ----, ---- conditionally recommended, [34], [35]
• ---- split, [22], [26], [33]
• Leathersellers’ Company; supervision of sumach tanning in 1565, [7]
• ---- ---- Grant to Society of Arts’ Committee, [12]
• Light, influence upon leather, [27], [48]
• Lopez, R., original of “Shylock”, [7], [8]
• McBride, Dr., introduces use of sulphuric acid in 1768, [8], [9]
• Morocco grain, [35]
• ---- ---- artificial. See [Leather, artificial graining of].
• Moroccos. See [Goatskin]; [Niger skin]; [Leathers, retanned].
• Myrobalans, duty on, in 1660, [8]
• Niger skin, [34]
• Oxalic acid, use of, by binders, [14], [24]
• Paper, clay-loaded, mounting, [41], [42]
• Parker, J. G.: “Causes of Leather Decay.” Chap. II., [17-27]
• ----, ---- appointed Analyst to the L.A., [12], [13]
• “Persians.” See [Leathers, retanned].
• Pigskin, characteristics, &c., [26], [37], [38]
• ---- decay, [14]
• Pyrogallol tannins. See [Tannins].
• Russia leather, [26]
• Sealskin, [26], [37]
• Sheepskin, [26], [31-33]
• “Shylock,” original of, [8]
• Skivers. See [Leathers, split].
• Society of Arts’ Committee on Leathers, appointment, [12]
• ---- ---- ---- Recommendations, passim.
• Sound Leather Committee; appointment, [12]
• Spanish leather, sumach-tanned, [7]
• Stationery Office. See [Binding contracts].
• Sulphuric acid, first used in 1768, [8], [9]
• ---- ---- See also [Acids, mineral].
• Sumach tanning, history, [7], [8]
• Tannins; pyrogallols distinguished from catechols, [19], [20]
• Vellum, [26], [48]
• Williamson, F. J.: “Specification for the Fittings of a Small Bindery.” Chap. V., [51-54]
• Woodward, C. T.: Experiments on action of gas fumes and heat, [11]

ADVERTISEMENTS.

INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

• Bookbinders:
• Banting, George F., [x]
• Birdsall & Son, [xi]
• Bookbinders’ Co-operative Society, Ltd., [xii]
• Chappell, R. D., & Co., [xii]
• Eyre & Spottiswoode, [xiii]
• Gray, John P., & Son, [xiv]
• Mudie & Co., [x]
• Riley, B., & Co., Ltd., [ix]
• Smith, W. H., & Son, [xii]
• Leather Analysis, [ii]
• Leather Importers:
• Gray, John P., & Son, [xiv]
• Leather Manufacturers:
• Bevingtons & Sons, [iii]
• Deed, John S., & Sons, Ltd., [v]
• Garnar, James, & Sons, [vii]
• Gibbs, Geo., & Son, [vii]
• Gryffe Tannery Co., [ix]
• Meredith-Jones, J., & Sons, Ltd., [vi]
• Muir, John, & Son, [iv]
• Richardson, Edward & James, [v]
• Leather (Bookbinding) Merchants:
• Eyre & Spottiswoode, [xiii]
• Leather Trades Review, [viii]
• Sumac Importers:
• “Tiger” Sumac Co., [x]

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