CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
Page
History of Sumach Tanning in England, Degradation of the Manufacture of Leather, and History of the Reform Movement. By E. Wyndham Hulme [5]
CHAPTER II.
The Causes of Decay in Bookbinding Leathers. By J. Gordon Parker [15]
CHAPTER III.
Provenance, Characteristics, and Values of Modern Bookbinding Leathers. By A. Seymour-Jones[29]
CHAPTER IV.
The Repairing and Binding of Books for Public Libraries. By Cyril Davenport [39]
CHAPTER V.
Specification for the Fittings of a Small Bindery. By F. J. Williamson [51]
Index [55]

The Bancroft Library

University of California · Berkeley

The Roger Levenson
Memorial Fund

Chapter I.

History of Sumach Tanning
in England, Degradation of the
Manufacture of Leather, and History
of the Reform Movement.
BY
E. WYNDHAM HULME.